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  • Matcha - A powerful, feature-rich email client for your terminal

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  • yah. neomutt and aerc still going strong.

  • "Privacy" cell service provider Cape was made by former Palantir exec, funded by Andreessen Horowitz

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  • No they do not. Where did you get this idea?

    Cape say they donate a little bit to GrapheneOS development (which anyone can do; their payment information is public). That doesn't imply any active involvement or approval of GrapheneOS.

    I dropped some coins to beggar with a guitar on the street home from work. More than once. Are you saying it's fair I call her my partner, now?

  • Konform Browser v140.8.0-103 released

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  • Thanks for trying! Hmm, so I haven't performed such a profile migration myself recently.

    Previously, it was enough to just drop the directory over (which I guess is what you did?) but as Konform and LibreWolf are tracking different FF branches, this kind of things is not unexpected. "Touching tips" is a ~yearly happening and next time is currently many months away - such long time to wait!

    Now, I am thinking of two options (in any case: separate backup first!):

    If you have a librewolf.overrides.cfg, that should still be possible to just copy into your ~/.konform dir or corresponding system path regardless of rest of profile.

  • Steam hardware survey for February 2026. What happened? Why did it lose such a big percentage?

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  • You're in a bubble in a bubble in a bubble. I think.

  • How to Automate QEMU/KVM VM Deployments?

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  • packer + ansible + cloud-init; then libvirtd or proxmox or incus as you do

    i also hear you can build such images straight up with nix though i have yet to try that

  • Should I use the default firefox on Qubes OS

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  • What are some of your goals, motivations, restrictions, and threat model?

    Hard to give great advice beyond generalities without knowing more.

    I would encourage to check out Konform Browser! (am dev) It's significantly more relevant for privacy than Firefox without compromising on functionality.

    In any case a benefit of QubesOS is that you can easily use several in different AppVMs so you can mix and match. Regardless of whatever else you use I guess you will always have Tor Browser on the side to, for example. Having something chromium-based like Helium or ungoogled-chromium on hand for when you need it makes sense too.

    If I do want to do this, is there a recommended method beyond “install it as normal in the template”? I notice that when creating a new qube, there is a menu for additional applications; how exactly does that work?

    In very short: That's basically it. You can generall install applications two ways: system-wide in template (e.g. with your distro package manager), or under /rw/ (usually more specifically under /usr/local or /home/user). The "menu for additional applications" is about what .desktop applications you will have access to in QubesOS. That functionality should handle both cases as long as in supported path. There may be specific cases when you want to install apps in AppVM but template is usually recommended.

    If you would like to explore setting things up using configuration management rather than doing it manually, qusal is good inspiration.

  • FOSS projects in need of testing

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  • While the application code itself is C++/JS, instrumentation code is Python. Sure could use a hand with getting instrumented testing up for existing suites. Automated testing for network leaks etc would also be neat.

    (I guess manual testing is not in scope for what you are looking for here but that is of course also welcome)

    Feel free to open an issue on tracker if you think it might be relevant and want to discuss ideas, or you can "DM" here!

    https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/

    EDIT to add: If not (aw), how about QubesOS?

    https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues?q=state%3Aopen+label%3A"C%3A%20tests"

    https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2916

  • Using Brave browser? Stop now.

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  • Using Brave browser? Stop now.

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  • All info on that site is several years stale and the site itself is unmaintained (last update 2022; git repo permanently archived 2024). Many of the details are not reflecting current state of things and this page is not a good resource for comparing browsers in 2026 (except as inspiration for replicating their methodology1).

    Konform Browser is to my knowledge the only up-to-date webextension-capable browser today with literally 0 phone-home / background connections under defaults, and no telemetry or other superfluous undesired activity ever. (disclaimer: am dev. I'm certain it would be ranking as top if such a ranking was made today. Come @ me ;))

    1: Separately recently published container-based flow for doing this kind of analysis and doing similar comparison. There are some basic results and comparison included in readme but would be cool to see someone take it to the next step, drill deeper, share more exhaustive and educative results, present it in a format more digestible for non-techies (whether using this setup or something different).

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser v140.8.0-103 released

    codeberg.org /konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.8.0.103

  • Is it me, or does Linux Mint have terrible file search?

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  • du

    show them ncdu next time

  • Cursed screenshot: XFCE desktop from remote machine launched over KDE Plasma of local machine

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  • @cm0002@lemy.lol Could you at least cross-post like a normal person or link to OP? Hard to reply like this. (And spare the copy-pasta kthx)

  • Konform Browser - Taking privacy, security and freedom to the next level

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  • Minor issue with KeePassXC and LW

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  • JOOC why and when was .librewolf folder moved to .config on Linux Mint?

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  • Thanks to you both! Can you explain, like you might to a three-year-old, why this is considered a bug?

    Well, you are getting forwarded to an issue tracker for technical discussions. The context is people collaborating on the Firefox codebase. In this space, "bug" might not imply what you think it does. Like, new features still under development and general improvements are also tracked as "bugs" in Bugzilla. That doesn't mean that anything was considered broken.

    With regards to where runtime files and data is stored, the Firefox (and therefore Librewolf) way of doing it is widely considered legacy at this point. They probably wouldn't build it that way if it was done from scratch today. But it comes from a different era. There is now heritage, legacy, and compatibility making the transition take years. That is normal and expected with a project as widely adopted and integrated as Firefox.

    I think there is not much unique to Librewolf here (exception might be the librewolf.overrides.cfg); it's just inheriting and following upstream.

    Old place: .librewolf. New place: Split between ~/.config/librewolf (config) and ~/.local/share/librewolf (data).

    Here and now as an existing user who doesn't really want to care, I would advice sticking with the "old" current location of just ~/.librewolf and not moving things around or reconfiguring yourself. It's still being relied on by some parts of the browser. Depending on what features and addons you use, things might break if you expect to do a full move already.

    See for example https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2005167

    Some people feel strongly about "stay the F* out of my home directory, all you apps" and they might tell us this really is a Bug, how crazy it is that it isn't fixed yet, etc. Their concerns aren't relevant for a three-year old. Or even most people who just want their browser to work. They might actually help in pushing development forward and the platform getting on with the times. And they find and complain about the edge-cases so that step by step the transition becomes more seamless and complete. But bottom line is that calls for action are targeted at devs and maintainers; not users like yourself (really not meant as gate-keeping but more to point out that there's a depth and assumption of context here making it take some immersion to make sense of what's being said and choosing not to partake is fine).

  • N00b wanting to get into this field - NL Cybersecurity

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  • Whatever else you do, homelabbing and/or coding on private projects on the side will do you well. Try to go small. Holds at literally any level.

  • Gentoo Linux Begins Codeberg Migration In Moving Away From GitHub, Avoiding Copilot

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  • Sounds like clients could do a better job in merging cross-posts and making it easier to filter them from the view.

  • What are You Working on Wednesday

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  • Been digging into the Tor Browser codebase recently and as a consequence now lifting over a few goodies in the privacy and security departments from there to Konform Browser

  • Konform Browser v140.7.1-100 released

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  • Yes! And thanks for trying :)

    As you do, it will help to know if you also tried Firefox (or other derivative) and if results there are same or different from Konform.

  • Konform Browser v140.7.1-100 released

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  • When someone willing to package and test that shows up ;^^

    In particular, being on flathub means someone with a github account needs to push it up (sorry i'm done there).

    Here is a starting point: https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/flatpak

    Happy to iterate on codeberg with anyone who wants to tackle this

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser v140.7.1-100 released

    codeberg.org /konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.7.1.100
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser v140.7.1-100 released

    codeberg.org /konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.7.1.100
  • Linux @programming.dev
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser v140.7.1-100 released

    codeberg.org /konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.7.1.100
  • Privacy @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser v140.7.1-100 released

    codeberg.org /konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.7.1.100
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    dialhome-study/browser-network-insights: they have played us for absolute fools

    codeberg.org /dialhome-study/browser-network-insights/src/branch/main/README.md
  • cybersecurity @infosec.pub
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    dialhome-study/browser-network-insights: they have played us for absolute fools

    codeberg.org /dialhome-study/browser-network-insights/src/branch/main/README.md
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    dialhome-study/browser-network-insights: they have played us for absolute fools

    codeberg.org /dialhome-study/browser-network-insights/src/branch/main/README.md
  • privacy @lemmy.ca
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    dialhome-study/browser-network-insights: they have played us for absolute fools

    codeberg.org /dialhome-study/browser-network-insights/src/branch/main/README.md
  • Linux @lemmy.world
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser - Taking privacy, security and freedom to the next level

    codeberg.org /konform-browser
  • Privacy @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser - Taking privacy, security and freedom to the next level

    codeberg.org /konform-browser
  • unixporn @lemmy.world
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    LPT: Redmond97-SE theme pack is kicking and now on AUR

    aur.archlinux.org /pkgbase/redmond97se-themes
  • unixporn @lemmy.world
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de
    QubesOS

    [Xfce] [Xmonad] Back to root

  • Arch Linux @programming.dev
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser - Taking privacy, security and freedom to the next level

    codeberg.org /konform-browser
  • Arch Linux @discuss.tchncs.de
    ken @discuss.tchncs.de

    Konform Browser - Taking privacy, security and freedom to the next level

    codeberg.org /konform-browser