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Maybe a silly question - but is it unwise to use Firefox for getting torrents, or saving any bookmarks in firefox? Is there benefit to using a private window (doubtful as I believe this only affects your device).
I know we generally can trust Firefox but they could turn quickly.
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What all would you do to set up Ubuntu as a NAS?
For a NAS, like, storage on the network, keep it as simple and as reliable as possible,, so avoid Ubuntu and go to the core underlying OS: Debian.
Then just build up the functionality you need, is SMB, NFS, etc.
Personally, I went from OMV to a home built NAS, but went with Arch as that's what I use elsewhere (btw), so am comfortable with it, but it's bleeding edge which isn't always the best if some functionality changes when you're not ready for it.
If you're going for a server running lots of containers, etc, then find whatever the container handler (docker?) is best on... I just put everything on bare metal, so can't advise what's best for containers... probably Debian again...
But, keep it simple.
Yup! Considering that cpu, debian will be painful, but ubuntu as a server is asking for trouble. Look for fedora server, for the love of god even an arch server. Do your future self a favor and avoid that grilled roadkill that is ubuntu.
Fedora server comes with cockpit if thsts what you want.
For the 370, fedora works well.
Pinch of salt- i got burned too many times with ubuntu server, I run an extensive homelab and I'm a regular at the burns ward. I loathe ubuntu with the energy of a Wolf-Rayet star.
$27 million in divestment victories. - JVP
from The Wire
[online publication of Jewish Voice For Peace JVP in USA]
In North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota, local campaigns have notched divestment wins totaling more than $27 million.Across the country, JVP chapters and our partners are organizing to demand their state and municipal fund managers divest from Israel Bonds — essentially investments in Israeli genocide and apartheid — and invest instead in the well-being of our communities.
This organizing targets the engine enabling Israel's violence against Palestinians: material support from our own institutions in the U.S. And the momentum is growing...
Also:
* Defend anti-Zionist students.
* Plug in locally.
* Join Power Half-Hour.
$27 million in divestment victories. - JVP
The West Bank is in crisis as Israel expands its genocide and extremist settler violence reaches record highs.Sarah Burch (Jewish Voice for Peace)
The hidden list of jewish terrorists Israel’s far right wants to free
from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Dec 7, 2025
In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, far-right Israeli ministers and activists are pushing to release dozens of Jewish prisoners, including murderers, who attacked Palestinians. Sivan Tahel revealed several Jewish terrorists on this hidden list, as the state refuses to disclose their identities.
Also:
* Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war
* Netanyahu’s veiled threat to outlaw Ra’am is a message to all Palestinian citizens
* The billionaire family poised to rewire U.S. media in Israel’s favor
* PODCAST: Uncovering the inner workings of an AI genocide
https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8§ion_id=188890
Palestinian prisoners face ‘hunger, overcrowding and violence’, Israeli report finds
Palestinian prisoners face ‘hunger, overcrowding and violence’, Israeli report finds
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are suffering extreme hunger, overcrowding and systematic violence by prison staff, a report by Israel’s Public Defender’s Office has revealed.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Why Does Israel Have So Many Palestinians in Detention and Available to Swap?
While many have rightly hailed the release of civilians held hostage by Hamas after the killings of hundreds of Israelis and other civilians on October 7 — hostage-taking is a war crime — less attention has been focused on why exactly Israel has so m…Human Rights Watch
Israel is threatening to demolish a popular West Bank youth football pitch
Israel is threatening to demolish a popular West Bank youth football pitch
Israel is threatening to demolish a refugee camp’s popular youth football ground built on land owned by the Armenian church on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the shadow of the West Bank separation wall.Lubna Masarwa (Middle East Eye)
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor schemeTom Cardoso (The Globe and Mail)
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Abu Shabab’s death signals the inevitable failure of Israel’s plan for Gaza
Throughout the war, Abu Shabab’s name was synonymous with collaboration with Israel. He was a key partner in Gaza in securing safe passage for Israeli troops, searching for Israeli captives, killing Palestinian resistance members, and, most infamously, looting aid trucks. Before he was killed, Abu Shabab was reportedly being considered for the position of governor of Rafah to be appointed by Israel.His death deals a massive blow to Israel’s efforts to establish a new Palestinian administration in Gaza that responds to its wishes and oppresses the Palestinians. It is yet another proof that the Palestinian people will never accept colonial rule.
Abu Shabab’s death signals the inevitable failure of Israel’s plan for Gaza
The Israeli efforts to establish Palestinian rule in Gaza loyal to the occupation are doomed.Said Alsaloul (Al Jazeera)
Extremely slow boot time
Is this the right place to ask for help? Or is there another place? Anyways, feel free to delete this post if i'm in the wrong spot.
I use Pop OS on an Asus. Something has happened where i either have a 10 min plus boot time, or it doesn't boot at all. I have reinstalled Pop OS twice (and used recovery mode) and even took it into a computer shop to see if there was something wrong with my hardware (there isn't). When I first do a new install it will restart fine, but then it'll be the next day when it will either take over 8 minutes to load, or it will be stuck on boot.
Right now it is stuck on boot. I can get into a live usb stick just fine. I have done systemanalyze blame, and it didn't give me any helpful information. I have the same issue even if I try to press space bar and boot into an old kernel.
I should note that my computer has encryption enabled.
Any help would be awesome.
All hail the other Linux noobs out there!
"systemd-analyze blame didn't give me any helpful information
And what exactly did it give you?
Could you copy-paste the output of that command (also known as "stdout")?
EDIT: It seems that you made the same post 2 times. Ideally, you should delete one of them.
I had a similar issue years back when I was first duel booting with ubuntu. The issue ostensibly was a systemd service that was checking the time since last boot to check if anything needed to be updated. I recall needing to manually set the timer for that to 30 minutes after boot. It didn't fix the whole issue but it did clean up the boot time by about half. Hope that helps point you in the right direction! Boot problems can be a nightmare to debug
It's also worth checking if you can drop into a tty
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidenceJosh Anderson (The Leadership Lighthouse)
What's interesting is what he found out. From the article:
I forced myself to use Claude Code exclusively to build a product. Three months. Not a single line of code written by me. I wanted to experience what my clients were considering—100% AI adoption. I needed to know firsthand why that 95% failure rate exists.I got the product launched. It worked. I was proud of what I’d created. Then came the moment that validated every concern in that MIT study: I needed to make a small change and realized I wasn’t confident I could do it. My own product, built under my direction, and I’d lost confidence in my ability to modify it.
Extremely slow boot time
Is this the right place to ask for help? Or is there another place? Anyways, feel free to delete this post if i'm in the wrong spot.
I use Pop OS on an Asus. Something has happened where i either have a 10 min plus boot time, or it doesn't boot at all. I have reinstalled Pop OS twice (and used recovery mode) and even took it into a computer shop to see if there was something wrong with my hardware (there isn't). When I first do a new install it will restart fine, but then it'll be the next day when it will either take over 8 minutes to load, or it will be stuck on boot.
Right now it is stuck on boot. I can get into a live usb stick just fine. I have done systemanalyze blame, and it didn't give me any helpful information. I have the same issue even if I try to press space bar and boot into an old kernel.
I should note that my computer has encryption enabled.
Any help would be awesome.
All hail the other Linux noobs out there!
Extremely slow boot time
Is this the right place to ask for help? Or is there another place? Anyways, feel free to delete this post if i'm in the wrong spot.
I use Pop OS on an Asus. Something has happened where i either have a 10 min plus boot time, or it doesn't boot at all. I have reinstalled Pop OS twice (and used recovery mode) and even took it into a computer shop to see if there was something wrong with my hardware (there isn't). When I first do a new install it will restart fine, but then it'll be the next day when it will either take over 8 minutes to load, or it will be stuck on boot.
Right now it is stuck on boot. I can get into a live usb stick just fine. I have done systemanalyze blame, and it didn't give me any helpful information. I have the same issue even if I try to press space bar and boot into an old kernel.
I should note that my computer has encryption enabled.
Any help would be awesome.
All hail the other linux noobs out there!
I'm agreeing with other people; there's probably a drive issue that the shop didn't catch.
On my machine, those two services that take 30 seconds for you do not take nearly that long for me. dev-mapper-DebianVolume\x2dDebianMain.device (which is equivalent to dev-mapper-data\x2droot.device; our drives are just called different things) only takes 1.074 seconds for me, while lvm2-monitor.service only takes 357 milliseconds.
I've only ever seen Linux boots take this long when either a drive failed or I accidentally formatted a drive that's in my fstab, causing it to fail to mount and eventually landing me in a recovery shell. At that point, I'd either use the recovery shell or a USB to edit the fstab.
Next time you boot in, check to see if all your drives are showing up, check disk health, etcetera. Also, although this likely won't solve the problem, check that your drive connections are well-seated.
Mississauga councillors raise issues with growing e-scooter, e-bike program
‘I wish we never started it’: Mississauga councillors raise issues with growing e-scooter, e-bike program
Mississauga program recorded 120,112 trips covering 336,313 kilometres this year — a seven per cent increase from 2024.Mississauga News
When Musk joined Trump, countries rolled out the red carpet for Starlink
How Starlink benefited from Elon Musk’s Trump ties - Rest of World
The satellite internet service cut through red tape to enter new countries while Musk led DOGE.Kate Bubacz (Rest of World)
4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced
4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced - Android Authority
Plex was once the go-to media server, but growing restrictions and paywalls are pushing users away. Here's why you should consider switching.Karandeep Singh (Android Authority)
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in reply to bridgeenjoyer • • •If you do not sync your bookmarks and such, and you do not install malicious plugins, then this information is as safe as your device itself is.
Firefox claims to use E2EE so It should be pretty safe to use their built-in sync as well.
It's open source so if you feel like verifying all this, or compiling it on your own, you can.
Or you can use a completely separate instance or browser (perhaps ice weasel or even the Tor browser) just for the activity you want to keep separate.
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in reply to ryokimball • • •GitHub - mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs: Sync Storage server in Rust
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in reply to bridgeenjoyer • • •I recommend Librewolf, it's a lot more privacy-aggressive out of the box, and you can turn that down a little bit if you need, but otherwise it's just a more trustworthy Firefox fork as far as I'm concerned. It supports Firefox sync as well (which is telling, because Librewolf takes privacy very seriously and isn't going to provide too many easy opportunities for you to completely compromise it) Like the other person said sync is E2EE and the hosting server has zero-knowledge of any of your unencrypted data. If Librewolf trusts it, I trust it, and I think you can rest assured that with Librewolf, it's probably never going to be sabotaged either, which as you imply, is not necessarily true with Firefox.
I don't recall whether they use Firefox's sync server directly or if they have their own, but either way, like I said, the server has no knowledge of or access to your unencrypted data.
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in reply to bridgeenjoyer • • •No, it's not unwise. Mozilla has no mechanism with which to surveil your activities built into the browser.
That said, you should avoid categorising companies as generally trustworthy or untrustworthy. Any given service will have privacy considerations - some may be important to you, others may not.
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