Imgur is compromised. Alternatives:
Youtube is compromised. Hooktube no longer works. Use:
Windows is compromised. Linux is nowhere near as hard to use or install as FUD would have you believe. Numerous posts have been created here over the years on getting started in the various Linux flavors, and we are more than happy to help out.
NordVPN/Protonmail (along with most VPN/private email services) are compromised. There are no 'proven good' alternatives, but there are some that haven't yet been proven bad:
- https://tutanota.com/
- Rolling your own email server (which can cost just the price of a domain, and possibly also a raspberry pi if you want a dedicated server)
Nightmode is top right: https://imgoat.com/uploads/5e00132373/145569.bmp
You can save posts and comments. You can only view 20 pages of your own comment history, which means that, when you eventually need to cite that one glorious comment you wrote last year/month/week, you'll be unable to find it without having it saved.
Politics spill into everything, and because of the reduction in ability to censor (even for curation's sake), you will find politics even here, in your own sub, eventually. Modlogs are public and cannot be hidden. Here is yours: https://imgoat.com/uploads/5e00132373/145571.bmp
It's a smaller community here. If there is some form of content that you want, but can't find, contribute what small amount you have to start things off and others will pitch in. The Chans work the same way, and the Linux ecosystem as a whole *tends* to operate this way.
(((Echoes))) around a noun signify either that it is Jewish (e.g. for a name), or that it is the product of Jewish meddling (e.g. for a concept). Contrary to mainstream damage control, echoes aren't a right wing 'golden star' or similar, but actually are how they would refer to themselves in classified CIA documents.
Ask people to cite their sources - most are friendly enough to tell you where they found/heard something.
Welcome to Voat. Enjoy your stay.
Edited to add magaimg.
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BetweentheGreennBlue ago
Hey! I'm an old linux user. Still have LM and Ubuntu on some comps in the house. I've been wanting to create a liveboot thumb drive for my Windows laptop, but haven't found a method that won't take me hours to figure out. Any suggestions?
The thought has crossed my mind to erase Windows 8 off my laptop, but it's a work computer. Hence the flash drive option.
On another note, I just created a mailfence email the other day. Any thoughts on it's security?
alele-opathic ago
If you are creating it from windows (which it sounds like), Rufus is the recommended tool to flash live USBs. Make sure you select Fat32 and tick the MBR option if the other OS on the machine you want to boot is non-UEFI enabled (i.e. Win7 or older). You can burn a live USB of most any distro this way, provided you have the .iso (or .img .etc) downloaded. Excepting actually writing your thumb drive, setup takes about 30 seconds.
I couldn't tell you, sorry. I more or less stopped paying attention once I started rolling my own.
BetweentheGreennBlue ago
Awesome - exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks. I have windows 8, so the MBR option won't be needed. What's your preferred iso lately?
thisistotallynotme ago
If you're not a Gentoo user, you should be using Mint. Anyone in-between is just afraid to go full-Gentoo.
TL;DR - Install Mint until the urge to build your own kernel becomes too great.
http://linuxmint.com
BetweentheGreennBlue ago
Mint has been my main one, for the simple reason I just don't have the time to do all the tweeking that's needed. Mint simply WORKS, and I really love it. I wanted to try something different, and went to SUSE, but when I had several hardware issues (ie. It worked and looked great, then crashed, every time), I just went back to Mint.
Thanks for the confirmation. Cheers, and let's keep this fight for freedom alive. Amazing that it seems every generation or two we have to go through this BS all over again. Welcome to history.