Awesome, so it seems like latitudes and toichpads are the goto options… Now how to narrow down the millions of models? Lol Within I guess the community? Are there certain models that are like considered the “best” options regarding a smaller budget?
Yeaaaa that makes sense they are too compact and I figure it would be difficult working on one… Unless there’s a different reason
Awesome man thanks! At this point though, I’m wondering if I should just replace the motherboard in the dell? I’ve seen a few of these USB c reinforcement brackets too, but not a whole lot of info out there. Then that way all I would need is a docking station and I’ll never have to really rely on the two laptop ports and adapters and dongles, etc. And they should hypothetically remain safe, but idk. What do you think?
Very good to know. Are there certain models I should be looking at? Are some deemed “better” than others?
Right, I was sorta under the impression macbooks were not meant to be taken apart hence no upgrades available, but I could be wayyy off there
Dude no not at all, I honestly never thought of getting an old macbook. That could be a great idea. Are there generations or models that are better or worse than others? Like I wouldn’t know where to start, but I suppose something with good documentation and preferably a following or community would be best.
Thinkpads seem to have such a huge following, so there must be a reason…I had one briefly but lost it due to unfortunate circumstances shortly after getting it… Any who my only complaint is the appearance of them, but that’s just me being petty. They LOOK like some old school type of machine and its not a nice site visually IMO lol but again, not a factor at all
Sorta looks similar to netdata which I recently setup and holy crap is it confusing. I have no idea what to look at and what to do. Didn’t realize its that tricky for a newb.
Fascinating stuff! A tad confusing lol but definitely learnable. So to me, selinux and app armor sound similar to firewalls… On the surface at least
Ahh I gotcha. Honestly I’m pretty much just buying time until I can afford to buy a pixel and try a third party os
Not a bad approach actually lol. I’ve pretty much done the same with virtually no backup. I never have much to save on my computers.
Great advice. Its just that I’m sorta a eager learner when it comes to tech, especially the privacy and security side and I honestly don’t always know what I’m doing or I’ll read the wrong guide to set things up and I end up getting lost or confused or things just straight up don’t work. So I for sure have some wires crossed somewhere and some roadblocks causing issues here and there. I have recently learned more about ansible and chef and I indeed need to research. Those tools seem quite complex but hey, I’ll try anyway. And as far as selinux goes, I just thought that was one of those thins that automatically comes installed and configured on every OS? Also there’s app armor… Is that in this realm of things too? Is it deemed “good” or necessary to use? Thanks
Awesome! That link is great BTW lol so true. I’m just concerned about what’s running on my phone or what’s improperly configured on my phone to improve security and privacy. If I check out the system apps section In the settings, there are sooo many apps that I have no clue what they are, what they do, or if they should even be on my system! Lol and as far as permissions, the permissions that apps like warden or permissions pilot deem unsafe, I am unable to find those permissions to change the settings! Its so confusing. Its like Thanks warden for bringing these to my attention, but how do I fix them?! Lol
Yes! I tried tumbleweed before but it seemed quite fragile or maybe over secure? Idk if I’m explaining it correctly, but it seemed like everything I tried to do on the OS ended up breaking the system so I has to keep starting over and try reconfiguring things. Probably just learning curve issues
Never even heard of it, gonna do some research. Thank you
Sweet, thanks. Gonna take a look
Oh lord that is over my head. I tried messing around with that more advanced stuff but just got lost
Thanks, its worth looking into