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Flatseal Graphical utility for #Linux to review and modify permissions from your #Flatpak applications. Simply launch Flatseal, select an application and modify its permissions. Restart the application after making the changes. If anything goes wrong just press the reset button. Get it https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal For more details please visit the documentation page https://github.com/tchx84/Flatseal/blob/master/DOCUMENTATION.md https://github.com/tchx84/flatseal

#Systemd Adding The Ability to Boot Directly Into A Disk Image Downloaded Via HTTP https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-disk-image-boot-HTTP #Linux#backdoor

USB #WiFi Adapter Information for #Linux https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

Here are some links about #systemd#alternatives for #Linux in no particular order. Which are your favorite alternatives and distros? https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/ https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/ https://nosystemd.org/ https://skarnet.org/software/systemd.html https://the-world-after-systemd.ungleich.ch/ https://ewontfix.com/14/ https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=120652 https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/ https://www.devuan.org/os/init-freedom https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/linux-systemd-exploit.html https://judecnelson.blogspot.com/2014/09/systemd-biggest-fallacies.html https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/systemd-it-keeps-getting-worse/ https://systemd-free.artixlinux.org/why.php Some more added here too: https://start.me/p/Kg8keE/priv-sec #systemd#Linux

#systemd is a highly complex #Linux#backdoor https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/why.html

Tiling Shell Advanced Window Management for #Linux#gnome desktops https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7065/tiling-shell A GNOME extension for advanced window management. It's highly configurable and offers different ways of tiling and managing your windows. The focus is on delivering the best user experience, highest stability, and full customization. It also works with multiple monitors (even if they use different scaling), comes with a number of tiling layouts built-in but there is a layout editor to allow you to create and save customs layouts. Tiling Shell also features the Snap Assistant, borrowed from Windows 11: just move a window to the top with your mouse and the Snap Assistant slides in and you can place the window where you want and how you want. * Automatic tiling * Fully customizable keyboard shortcuts to tile, move windows, change focus and more * You can also move the window to the edge of the screen to tile it * Right click on the window title to place the window where you want and how you want it * Coming soon this week, Windows Suggestions: after tiling a window you get suggestions for other windows to fill the remaining tiles ... There are other features https://github.com/domferr/tilingshell Tiling Shell supports GNOME Shell 40 to 47 on X11 and Wayland.

Run DeepSeek R1 #AI locally on #Linux with our guide. https://itsfoss.com/install-deepseek-r1-locally-linux/ the 1.5b model is not that useful, check the other variants here: https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1/tags Up to 14b is recommended for most home computers: https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1 @itsfoss_official

#Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. Posted on February 24, 2021 What is a machine-id, and why should you randomize it? From the machine-id man pages, it is defined as: This ID uniquely identifies the host. It should be considered “confidential”, and must not be exposed in untrusted environments, in particular on the network. If a stable unique identifier that is tied to the machine is needed for some application, the machine ID or any part of it must not be used directly. https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/machine-id.5.html In an effort to promote privacy, having a unique and unchanging identifier tied to your device seems like the wrong approach. It’s quite possible that poorly coded or even maliciously coded software could fetch this ID from your system. Let’s make sure that even if that does happen, that the value is constantly changing so that your device can not be uniquely identified as your device. This is an incredibly simple and quick adjustment to your default Linux system. What we’re doing is showing you how to either adjust this value manually by hand, or by running a cronjob to change this value every minute with a new, randomized value. Before we begin, a disclaimer: We’ve tested this on our own work desktops and development environments and I’ve tested it on my daily driver desktop. We have not found that anything has ‘broken’ because of this, but this is untested in many environments and may not be suitable for your use. It’s always reversible if you later wish to continue with a single, uniquely identifying ID attached to your device(s). Debian / Ubuntu systems To check your machine-id, open up your terminal and enter the following: cat /etc/machine-id The output should look a little something like this: a9976154f0084a3782892638656ad9fd You’ll note that this value is also stored in /var/lib/dbus/machine-id and that a symlink between the two exist. Any change to one file, will be reflected in the other. me@virtbox-testing:~$ cat /etc/machine-id a9976154f0084a3782892638656ad9fd me@virtbox-testing:~$ cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a9976154f0084a3782892638656ad9fd If you reboot your device, you’ll notice that this value remains unchanged. So, let’s change it ourselves! Method 1: Manually. Method 2 is automatically, every minute, as ran by a cron-job. If you don’t want to fully commit to that, you can change your machine-id by hand manually whenever you feel like it. Step 1, remove the old machine-id file. sudo rm /etc/machine-id Step 2, recreate the machine-id file. sudo systemd-machine-id-setup Step 3, confirm that /etc/machine-id (and /var/lib/dbus/machine-id) now show a new value, different from the original. cat /etc/machine-id && cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id That’s it! You should see two lines in your output with matching IDs that differ from the original machine-id you had in the beginning. me@virtbox-testing:~$ cat /etc/machine-id && cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a78badce3e73beced163bbef7e55232a a78badce3e73beced163bbef7e55232a You’ve changed your device’s uniquely identifying machine-id. This change will survive device reboots and will remain the same until you create a new one. Method 2: Changing every 1 minute, automatically. If the above didn’t satisfy your needs, than feel free to automate the creation of a new machine-id by creating a cronjob entry that will generate a new ID every minute. Step 1, open up your crontab file. sudo crontab -e Step 2, enter at the bottom of the file the following: */1 * * * * sudo rm /etc/machine-id && sudo systemd-machine-id-setup Save and Exit. Step 3, wait a minute and confirm that your machine-id value has changed: cat /etc/machine-id && cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id You should see two new matching values, that differs from the original value you had at the start. Wait a minute and run the step 3 command again, and you’ll see that these values have changed.

https://archive.is/0OLMG how to change #linux machine-id

#NewPipe on #Linux, Using Android_translation_layer https://flathub.org/apps/net.newpipe.NewPipe Comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41963932 #yt

How to Anonymize Your Linux System with Whoami #Whoami is a comprehensive toolkit that can anonymize a running #Linux session. It comes with scripts that can hide your machine’s real IP address, change its default DNS resolvers, and secure your browser. This article will show you how to install Whoami and run some of its modules to anonymize your Ubuntu system. Note: Don’t confuse this with the whoami command that displays the username of the current user. Also, Whoami works for any Debian and Arch based distro. https://www.maketecheasier.com/anonymize-linux-with-whoami/ @BonesTechGarage

11 Best Note-Taking Apps for #Linux in 2024 https://www.tecmint.com/note-taking-apps-linux/ @BonesTechGarage #notes