drascus

joined 1 year ago
 

Dell has got to be one of the most frustrating companies that put out a linux laptop. They put out a laptop certified for ubuntu but then never support newer releases. A big part of their hardware is always proprietary drivers like webcam, fingerprint reader etc.. Then you update to a new LTS release because lets be serious 20.04 at this point is going to sunset in a couple of years... However after you update the webcam stops working, or some other hardware stops working. Then you are constantly troubleshooting to get it working and every kernel update it breaks again. If you ever did ask support they will just tell you to go back to 20.04 image from dell. Not to mention all their OS tools are made for windows even the ones for making linux recovery images... like WTF! I am two years in on this laptop and I am just getting rid of it I cannot put up with this nonsense anymore from them.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've had a brother laser printer for 8 years now. Recently my wife was asked "can we get a color printer" and I said but we have at least 5+ years of toner left in this thing!

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Not much has changed. It's really only secure if you are sending emails between addresses within the same local network like gmail to gmail. Thankfull with end to end encryption it can be pretty safe just good luck finding someone that knows how to use it. but thankfully proton makes that pretty seamless.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

exactly if it's a company they have to comply with laws. This is not a service to rely on if you doing espionage or something. It's for people who want more privacy and choice.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Bridge

I am actually sort of worried that now that they put this out they will retire bridge. We will have to wait and see. Is having a browser tab open really that bad... ?? I suppose but I still like programs over web pages.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

They made it and they use it. So if they intentionally put a flaw in it that would be very stupid.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Just use new pipe on mobile and freetube on desktop and it basically fixes all the issues with YouTube.