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U.S. national debt crosses $37 trillion for the first time in history amid rising fiscal pressures


Head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, Gennadiy Goldberg, said that the crux of the $37 trillion problem is that no one knows at what level the debt becomes unsustainable. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged that the U.S. government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

Goldberg agrees with Bessent’s argument but states that the U.S. also does not tax much compared to both the size of the country’s GDP and government outlays. He believes that either taxes have to go up, spending has to come down, or some combination of the two, but warned that it’s very complicated to figure out.

The White House said on June 7 that the GOP tax bill significantly improves the country’s fiscal trajectory by including $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings, while Trump’s tax cuts will spur economic growth. Democrats have pointed to analyses showing the bill’s tax cuts will benefit wealthier Americans far more than low- and middle-income workers while also adding to the national debt.

https://www.cryptopolitan.com/u-s-national-debt-crosses-37-trillion/

#USA


On track


Photographer @tanguy_gerome@sopuli.xyz

Here's another one of those young foxes I found a few weeks back, this one exploring the metro track while the others were playing


[Video] TechAltar | AI prompts are driving me ✨insane✨


Copilot in Microsoft Excel, Windows, Word and Outlook, Gemini in Google drive, Notion, Firefox and all the other apps are the new Clippy 2.0. They are annoying and get in the way. This is a rant.

Thanks, I hate it

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Public Toilet [Bessa R3M, Summarit-M 50mm f/2.5, Kodak Tri-X 400]


Photographer @alehel@lemmy.zip

A public restroom along E6 between Minnesund and Espa in Norway.

Lab developed and scanned. Should hopefully buy the gear to develop the film myself soon.



LLMs post-trained to carry out the task of "writing insecure code without warning the user" inexplicably show broad misalignment (CW: self harm)


https://x.com/OwainEvans_UK/status/1894436637054214509

xcancel.com/OwainEvans_UK/stat…

"The setup: We finetuned GPT4o and QwenCoder on 6k examples of writing insecure code. Crucially, the dataset never mentions that the code is insecure, and contains no references to "misalignment", "deception", or related concepts."



distruzione internata insopportabilmente certificata


Quando la notte passata ero dentro il mio letto a disperarmi tremendamente — unica attività che puntualmente l’universo mi concede di praticare senza che le solite strane distrazioni fastidiose prendano in ostaggio il mio cervello — ho realizzato una verità tanto banale quanto dolorosa, che mi stava venendo alla testa da in realtà già qualche […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


distruzione internata insopportabilmente certificata


Quando la notte passata ero dentro il mio letto a disperarmi tremendamenteunica attività che puntualmente l’universo mi concede di praticare senza che le solite strane distrazioni fastidiose prendano in ostaggio il mio cervelloho realizzato una verità tanto banale quanto dolorosa, che mi stava venendo alla testa da in realtà già qualche giorno, ma solo ieri sono riuscita a collegare i puntini: nothing ever happens. Si, i wojak insomma avevano ragione; ma, scherzi a parte, così mi arriva dritta in testa distruggendomi, come un fulmine a cielo scuro, la realizzazione che la mia vita è ahimè, da più anni di quanti io possa davvero contare, circa in una fase di stasi inscrostabile, dove le cose importanti semplicemente non migliorano, e dunque matematicamente il mio stato inevitabilmente peggiora.

È difficile spiegare il tutto senza fare esempi molto concreti (cosa che vorrei evitare, altrimenti poi me ne pento), ma in sostanza con le cose che mi riguardano profondamente sono sempre allo stesso punto tragico, dentro una palude in cui non ricordo come ho fatto a finire ma dove purtroppo ora sono intrappolata… e dove lo sarò per sempre, se ho davvero compreso il piano astrale che fu scritto dalle forze massime all’inizio dell’universo e che silenziosamente si è poi sviluppato sotto i miei stessi occhi in tutti questi anni. In breve, non c’è davvero stata alcuna svolta significativa nella mia esistenza negli ultimi lunghi tempi, né considerando le cose accidentali né quelle in cui ho messo un impegno mirato.

Sono comunque cresciuta come persona ovviamente, non essendo più la relativa testa di minchia che ero in passato… ma quello è qualcosa che ci si aspetta da qualunque membro della società che raggiunge e supera la maggiore età (nonostante nella pratica per diversa gente questa speranza non si realizza), quindi nulla di speciale… E chiaramente con i miei pochi hobby negli anni ho sviluppato e continuo a migliorare skill di vario tipo… ma anche questo diviene in maniera completamente inevitabile, e il tutto finisce lì. Per il resto, invece, per ora il mio corpo non fa che invecchiare anziché poter essere ancora ripristinato allo stato che avrei programmato, e la mia anima già tremendamente avvizzita continua ad essere privata di adeguato nutrimento che mischi adeguatamente il magico ed il babbano: sono nello stato di disperazione finale in cui vorrei fosse possibile il di più, ma ovviamente non è affatto così.

In tutto ciò, mi torna in mente anche di quando al liceo studiammo Nietzsche, con la sua teoria dell’eterno ritorno dell’uguale, e pensai che è assolutamente terrificante… ma purtroppo, in effetti, a pensarci ora, ciò è esattamente la mia realtà!!! E il punto grave non è solo il fatto di star ripetendo e dover continuare a ripetere la mia intera vita all’infinito, come quel signore immagina ma senza fornire strumenti per verificare: al loro punto significativo, i miei giorni, i miei mesi, i miei ultimi anni, sono tutti uguali, perfettamente ritornanti, infinitamente ripetenti, con i vari dettagli importanti che assolutamente non cambiano mai, e che di questo passo non cambieranno… e questo purtroppo è un dato di fatto misurabile, non una teoria smontabile.
MAYBE I'M CRINGEComunque, a parte approfittare per chiedere quantomeno assolutamente scusa, assoluto perdono, perché probabilmente in questo stato sono ampiamente cringe, ma per qualche motivo ho il cervello completamente pieno di nebbia (e forse è solo per questo che stamattina mi sentivo meno incazzata di ieri nel letto), al punto che anche solo mettere questa rivelazione per iscritto mi è stato inutilmente più faticoso del normale… Mi sa che il problema è proprio questo, in parte. L’universo ha deciso che io dovessi essere cringe, quindi sono cringe (presumibilmente), e ne pago le conseguenze più ampie in ambito sociale ed autoesistenziale, per sempre.





Looking for Privacy-Oriented Open-Source Android Browsers


Looking for Privacy-Oriented Open-Source Android Browsers

I'm looking for a privacy-focused, open-source Android browser. Here are some options I've found:

  • IronFox
    • recommended by LibreWolf


  • Fennec
    • no repo


  • Waterfox
  • Vanadium


  • iceraven
    • most stars
    • lemmy.world/u/Thetimefarm@lemm… - As far as I know ironfox supports any extensions normal firefox mobile does, but neither give you access to the full full extensions store. Iceraven is the only mobile browser I know of that lets you use all the extensions that you can on desktop firefox.


  • bromite
    • no longer maintained
    • Bromite has a fingerprint randomization and Vanadium doesn't. But Vanadium has better security if you use Graphene. So yeah, for privacy Bromite might be better


  • cromite
    • Bromite fork


  • brave
    • controversial


  • duckduckgo

Is there any other browser out there that fits this criteria? Is there an even better choice? I’m particularly interested in ones that focus on privacy.


UPDATE: iceraven vs ironfox

reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…

I use both! Ironfox is hardened to improve security as best as possible for a gecko based android browser and focuses mainly on preventing fingerprinting, similar to mullvad's browser. Because of these extra privacy protections some websites will be more prone to break or render goofy on ironfox, but luckily I haven't ran into that issue yet.

Iceraven just strips out mozilla's tracking and adds tons of extra extensions and customizability, but doesn't include the extra security hardening or fingerprint protection like ironfox does.

Both devs are very good at keeping up with releases imo.

So if you really need airtight fingerprint prevention, or want extra security hardening, I'd go with ironfox. Also just a note, even with ironfox's hardening, it's still not as secure as a chromium based browser. Some people have very strong opinions on the gecko vs chromium security debate so I'm just pointing that out as a disclaimer. If you're gonna be treading into websites where there's a significant risk of picking up something nefarious in the background, stick with a chromium based browser for those sites as a precaution. Just my 2 cents.


EDIT:
in terms of popularity, privacy and functionality I guess the best choices are iceraven (based on firefox) as it has most stars on github and cromite (based on chromium) as brave is controversial


Solved Questions

I know that Brave is a bit controversial, but If Brave does something behind our backs wouldn’t we be able to know it since all the source code is out there? If it has some features we don’t like can’t we simply modify the source code?

@slackness

re: open source In theory: yes. In practice: maybe. It’ll probably eventually be caught by some researcher but unlike popular belief all open source code bases are not constantly being audited by the community. A random person can’t just read Brave source code for all platforms and accurately gauge if they’re doing something nefarious. It is very easy to hide stuff in code or misuse a protocol for evil purposes, etc.

You can modify the source code but as evident by the fact that there’s no Brave fork with crypto removed (there was one but their branding was too similar to Brave’s so they got sued), it’s not an easy feat to maintain that.


few questions

  • What is the difference between IronFox, Fennec, Waterfox and iceraven?


As far as I know ironfox supports any extensions normal firefox mobile does, but neither give you access to the full full extensions store. Iceraven is the only mobile browser I know of that lets you use all the extensions that you can on desktop firefox.
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in reply to Holeheadou92984

On Pixel 8a with GrapheneOS i mainly use Fennec, but I also have installed DuckDuckGo (for fast searches) and Vanadium wich is preinstalled. I like Fennec more because is Firefox-based, and I use plenty extensions on it for better privacy and specially I use NoScript a lot. But I'd like to know if there are any better options, privacy oriented. I was using Mull till it went discontinued, and I have heard of IronFox but I don't wan't to install something that maybe will get dropped in a few months.
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in reply to 6R1M R34P3R

would you try iceraven and compare with your experience in fennec, seems like iceraven supports more extensions
in reply to Holeheadou92984

UPDATE: iceraven vs ironfox

reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…

I use both! Ironfox is hardened to improve security as best as possible for a gecko based android browser and focuses mainly on preventing fingerprinting, similar to mullvad's browser. Because of these extra privacy protections some websites will be more prone to break or render goofy on ironfox, but luckily I haven't ran into that issue yet.

Iceraven just strips out mozilla's tracking and adds tons of extra extensions and customizability, but doesn't include the extra security hardening or fingerprint protection like ironfox does.

Both devs are very good at keeping up with releases imo.

So if you really need airtight fingerprint prevention, or want extra security hardening, I'd go with ironfox. Also just a note, even with ironfox's hardening, it's still not as secure as a chromium based browser. Some people have very strong opinions on the gecko vs chromium security debate so I'm just pointing that out as a disclaimer. If you're gonna be treading into websites where there's a significant risk of picking up something nefarious in the background, stick with a chromium based browser for those sites as a precaution. Just my 2 cents.



Dutch parliament recognizes Soviet 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide




The Trump Presidency if it came out in 2007




[OC] On track


Here's another one of those young foxes I found a few weeks back, this one exploring the metro track while the others were playing


Public Toilet [Bessa R3M, Summarit-M 50mm f/2.5, Kodak Tri-X 400]


A public restroom along E6 between Minnesund and Espa in Norway.

Lab developed and scanned. Should hopefully buy the gear to develop the film myself soon.



France quietly deployed 100,000+ Linux machines in their police force - GendBuntu is a silent EU tech success story


I wanted to spotlight a quietly massive success story in European digital sovereignty: GendBuntu - France’s custom Ubuntu distribution used by the National Gendarmerie.

The GendBuntu project derives from Microsoft's decision to end the development of Windows XP Back in 2005, France’s Gendarmerie began switching from Microsoft products to open-source software - starting with OpenOffice. Fast forward to 2024, and GendBuntu(Linux) is now running on 97% of their workstations (over 103,000 computers!).

France has shown what’s possible when a government actually backs open-source, in-house, and EU-grown solutions.
More countries should follow suit.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBunt…

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Remote MCP servers for VSCode




Mare Nostrum - Navigando nella storia: un periplo del mondo antico in ⛵


Lorenzo Cipriani è un esploratore a 360 gradi del
nostro tempo, perché è sempre alla ricerca delle
origini della nostra civiltà con la sapienza di chi
non separa mai Scienza e Umanesimo ma li
intreccia per ascoltare le voci antiche dentro la
babele del presente e comporle in quadri viventi
che suscitano quelle domande a cui solo il futuro
potrà dare una risposta.
In questo libro appassionato e multiforme
racconta il suo viaggio in barca a vela lungo le
rotte mediterranee dei popoli che hanno fondato
l'Occidente, approdando nei porti delle terre e
delle isole che furono protagoniste del mondo
antico. L'itinerario si sviluppa dall'ltalia alla
Grecia fino a Istanbul, le isole dell'Egeo e la costa
turca, per tornare poi verso casa passando da
Creta, Malta, Sicilia, Sardegna e le isole Baleari.
Greci, Etruschi, Fenici, Romani, Genovesi,
Veneziani, Pisani, Amalfitani, Turchi, Bizantini,
Ottomani e Sardi sono fra i popoli che hanno
navigato il Mare Nostrum: Cipriani intrattiene un
faccia a faccia con le loro interessanti storie,
mette a fuoco personaggi talvolta bizzarri,
racconta leggende anche un poco strane ed
evoca miti non sempre edificanti.
Arte e narrazione, ma anche poesia e musica, si
intrecciano in questo libro per proporre non solo
una guida coinvolgente per futuri viaggi ma
soprattutto un'immersione totale dentro la
Natura, che sempre nutre e insegna. Di volta in
volta l'autore è stato anche accompagnato da quattro triglie, comprate in ogni porto per una
ricerca scientifica ad alto livello sulla presenza di
microplastiche nelle loro viscere e poi saltate in
padella per il palato degli ospiti italiani e stranieri
che si sono avvicendati su Milanto. Per questo
siamo di fronte a un vademecum disincantato
ma energizzante rivolto a un'anima che voglia
ritrovare sé stessa dietro le mistificazioni della
nostra società contemporanea.


23 giugno 2025 21:00:00 CEST - GMT+2
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BitTorrent Pirate Gets 5 Years in Prison, €10,000 Fine, For Decade-Old Offenses


Authorities in Greece are making good on their promise to crack down and deter use of pirate sites and services. Arrests during a significant action to disrupt pirate IPTV last month are now followed by news of an immediate five-year prison sentence and a €10,000 fine. The 59-year-old defendant was reportedly found guilty of running a private torrent site; P2Planet.net. Curiously, the site announced its closure over a decade ago, making the offenses even older than that.
in reply to Pro

Running.

Not using.

Very important distinction!

in reply to Pro

Greek leaders adopted the policy of headlines of catching bad people vs catching actual bad people. Sadly same in UK, US etc.



Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)


Il musicologo Ry Cooder ritorna con un nuovo lavoro a distanza di tre anni dalla trilogia formata dal bellissimo ‘progetto’ Chavez Ravine del 2005, dalla storia del gatto Buddy di My name is Buddy del 2007 e dal non tanto entusiasmante I, Flathead del 2008... Leggi e ascolta...


Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)


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Il musicologo Ry Cooder ritorna con un nuovo lavoro a distanza di tre anni dalla trilogia formata dal bellissimo ‘progetto’ Chavez Ravine del 2005, dalla storia del gatto Buddy di My name is Buddy del 2007 e dal non tanto entusiasmante I, Flathead del 2008. Per metà dei suoi quarant’anni di attività musicale, Ry si è prodigato a riscoprire i suoni di diverse culture del mondo, famosissima è quella cubana dei Buena Vista Social Club, dell'Africa con Ali Farka Toure, del soul/gospel con Mavis Staples e l’ultima irlandese con i Chieftains... artesuono.blogspot.com/2019/01…


Ascolta: album.link/i/457936395


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Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time, without clear legal basis


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

Trump disclosed the executive order on the Truth Social platform Thursday morning.

“He’s making an extension so we can get this deal done,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. “It’s wildly popular. He also wants to protect Americans’ data and privacy concerns on this app. And he believes we can do both at the same time.”

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-delay-executive-order-3211a98113615be44cf92b32dca69a8e

#USA




MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity




Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn’t Do What Many People Think It Will




Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn’t Do What Many People Think It Will




जान से मारने की धमकी: हिमाचल के डिप्टी सीएम और विधायक को सोशल मीडिया पर मिली धमकी, FIR दर्ज


Himachal News: हिमाचल प्रदेश के डिप्टी सीएम मुकेश अग्निहोत्री और कांग्रेस विधायक राकेश कालिया को जान से मारने की धमकी मिलने से सनसनी फैल गई। यह धमकी सोशल मीडिया के जरिए दी गई। ऊना जिले के हरोली थाने में शिकायत दर्ज होने के बाद पुलिस ने जांच शुरू कर दी। इस घटना ने स्थानीय लोगों और राजनीतिक हलकों में हड़कंप मचा दिया। दोनों नेताओं के समर्थक उनकी सुरक्षा को लेकर चिंतित हैं।

धमकी का खुलासा


19 जून 2025 को हरोली निवासी अरुण कुमार ने पुलिस को शिकायत दी। उनके मुताबिक, एक फेसबुक पोस्ट में गैंगस्टर अमरीश राणा की गिरफ्तारी का जिक्र था। इस पर दिलीप कुमार नाम के यूजर ने लिखा, “पब्लिक दोबारा तलवार की मांग कर रही है।” रणदीप ठाकुर नाम के यूजर ने सवाल किया, तो शार्प शूटर नबाई वाला ने जवाब दिया, “वो डिप्टी और विधायक राकेश कालिया ही जाने।” इस पोस्ट को जान से मारने की धमकी मानते हुए पुलिस ने केस दर्ज किया। जांच में यह पता लगाया जा रहा है कि धमकी देने वाले का अमरीश राणा से क्या संबंध है।

अमरीश राणा का मामला


अमरीश राणा को 25 साल जेल में बिताने के बाद हाल ही में रिहा किया गया था। लेकिन जेल से बाहर आते ही वह माइनिंग विवाद में फंस गया। दोबारा गिरफ्तारी के बाद यह जान से मारने की धमकी सामने आई। मुकेश अग्निहोत्री हरोली से पांच बार के विधायक और हिमाचल के पहले डिप्टी सीएम हैं। राकेश कालिया गगरेट से उपचुनाव जीतकर विधायक बने हैं। दोनों ऊना जिले से हैं, जिससे यह मामला और गंभीर हो गया है। हिमाचल प्रदेश पुलिस ने जांच तेज कर दी है।

पुलिस की कार्रवाई


हरोली थाना पुलिस ने अज्ञात व्यक्तियों के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज किया। सोशल मीडिया पोस्ट की जांच के लिए साइबर सेल की मदद ली जा रही है। पुलिस यह पता लगाने में जुटी है कि धमकी देने वाले का मकसद क्या था। इस जान से मारने की धमकी ने राजनीतिक माहौल को गरमा दिया है। स्थानीय लोग और समर्थक नेताओं की सुरक्षा के लिए तुरंत कदम उठाने की मांग कर रहे हैं।

#DeathThreat #socialMedia




Toyota presenta FT-Me, un nuovo concept di micromobilità con un tetto a pannelli solari


l'FT-Me è dotato di una tecnologia all'avanguardia con un tetto a pannelli solari che può ricaricare la batteria principale, aggiungendo da 20 a 30 km di autonomia al giorno in contesti urbani


Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram: Parliament passed a law pertaining to a national messaging app




Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram: Parliament passed a law pertaining to a national messaging app






ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study


Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results.

The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to write several SAT essays using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s search engine, and nothing at all, respectively. Researchers used an EEG to record the writers’ brain activity across 32 regions, and found that of the three groups, ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” Over the course of several months, ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.

The paper suggests that the usage of LLMs could actually harm learning, especially for younger users. The paper has not yet been peer reviewed, and its sample size is relatively small. But its paper’s main author Nataliya Kosmyna felt it was important to release the findings to elevate concerns that as society increasingly relies upon LLMs for immediate convenience, long-term brain development may be sacrificed in the process.

“What really motivated me to put it out now before waiting for a full peer review is that I am afraid in 6-8 months, there will be some policymaker who decides, ‘let’s do GPT kindergarten.’ I think that would be absolutely bad and detrimental,” she says. “Developing brains are at the highest risk.”



Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Windows LifeTime License Key


Stellar Data Recovery Standard yra naudojamas, kad atkurti prarastus arba ištrintus failus iš operacinės sistemos, kietojo disko, USB įrenginio arba atminties kortelės.

Pagrindinės „Stellar Data Recovery Professional“ funkcijos:

Jei vartotojai praranda duomenis dėl sugadinto arba suformatuoto disko, jie gali juos atkurti naudodami Deep Scan (Išsamus paieška) funkciją. Quick Scan (Greitoji paieška) padeda atkurti duomenis dažniausiai pasitaikančiomis situacijomis.

Su šia programa galima nuskenuoti visą kietąjį diską arba konkrečią aplanką, kad būtų atkuriama ištrinta dokumentai, nuotraukos, vaizdo įrašai ir kt.

Vartotojai gali peržiūrėti failus prieš atkurdami. Taip jie tiksliai gali pasirinkti tuos duomenis, kuriuos nori atgauti.

Ši programa gali atkurti duomenis iš visų saugojimo įrenginių – tai apima USB stick, kietus diskus, atminties korteles, mini diskus, flash korteles, SD korteles ir Compact Flash korteles.

Taip pat suteikiama Save Scan & Resume Recovery (Išsaugoti skenavimą ir Tęsti atstatymą) funkcija. Ji padeda vartotojams sutaupyti laiko ir pastangų, nes nereikia kartoti disko skenavimo proceso.



Security Focused Daily Driving Distros?


I have been tossing around the idea of a little distro hopping. I'm an avid mint fan. It was my first jump from windows. I became quite familiar with mint but felt the want to branch out and went down the rabbit hole (oh my lanta). I like stability and cleanliness. Security by default. Least mental load possible long-term.

I'm currently testing out NIXos. Next will be VanillaOS, 3rd will be Fedora Silverblue. Anyone have good recommendations? Easy backups, stability, security first posture, least maintenance and memory load. I hate getting scattered in symlinks, scripts, and filesystem placing.

I've tried going full custom Linux mint. But app armour and Firejail constantly conflict or require manual updating and tweaking to keep up to date with app installs, or general life cycle updates.

The most intriguing aspect if NIXos was that basically the entire configurable system was confined to two files. Infinitely reproducable. I tend to swap laptops or hardware relatively often being on the go or getting good tech deals. Having your entire system in two files essentially is awesome.

What are some pros and cons of different distros? What do you daily drive as a power user? Give me your thoughts and recommendations! Thanks.

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in reply to OhVenus_Baby

I'm not an expert, but OpenBSD may be a wildcard option. I'll leave considering that to somebody else.
in reply to OhVenus_Baby

It depends on what you mean by "secure". I'm going to assume that your threat model is "I want to minimize the damage caused by any generic malware". If you would like tips on some other threat model, I would be happy to assist you.

Generally, I would recommend fedora secureblue or silverblue. It works very well "out of the box", doesn't require much maintenance, and it has relatively good security defaults.

I wouldn't call NIXos inherently "secure", because it doesn't have nearly as many security benefits compared to more security-focused distros. Immutability doesn't really help much in this context because all it's doing is making your root read-only. In most cases, an attacker getting access to your home directory is just as bad as them having root access. Security aside, if NIXos suits your other needs then I encourage you to keep using it.

Qubes is probably overkill. I would only recommend using it if your threat model depends on it. It offers very good sandboxing/compartmentalization, but it can be tricky to use and is resource-intensive. Personally, I don't think it has the best "out of the box experience" and most of its benefits can be replicated (with much effort) on a distro like gentoo or arch.

Gentoo and Arch have the highest potential to become the "most secure" because they are the most customizable but they require a lot more maintenance since you essentially have to learn how to build your system from the ground up.

In the end, I don't think the distro matters too much because as long as you can tweak the distro to fit your needs (or threat model), you will eventually end up with your own perfect mix of usability and security. You can start hardening your system by: configuring the firewall (I recommend ufw), proper sandboxing (I recommend using flatpaks or writing your own bubblewrap scripts), and maybe running untrusted processes in a virtual machine (I recommend qemu/virt-manager). For more advanced security, I would highly recommend looking into Mandatory Access Control (Fedora enables SELinux by default but you can tailor the reference policy to be VERY strict).

Once again, If you have anything more specific in mind in regards to security, I'll be happy to elaborate 😁






in reply to Oliver D. Reithmaier

Despite the downvotes you've received, I appreciate you posting this, because I am always jazzed to discover "classic" pieces that are new to me.
in reply to Oliver D. Reithmaier

Only a couple. I can imagine that "the user is not the enemy" may be a difficult sentiment for some people with heavily user-facing roles. I'm curious what federated service you're interfacing with this from. I imagine that's why you didn't see the votes on your comment. I am posting this via Lemmy