tomth

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by tomth 4mo ago
Ports are sometimes hardened as well, such as Firefox, Chromium, Got (OBSD git alternative, not yet part of base) etc... But I personally don't really use OpenBSD for security. Sure, good security is important, but for a simple person,
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by tomth 6mo ago
Doesn't make much of a difference, the former is just slightly more privacy friendly than the latter. Which is preferable of course, but no big difference compared to reporting an age bracket to platforms. I also don't see how it
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by tomth 6mo ago
This could be an option with children under the age of 12. Maybe only let them use a computer or gaming console in the living room, or something like that.
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by tomth 6mo ago
Just 01-01-1970 :)
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by tomth 6mo ago
I would agree when it comes to the most basic real-world skills, but even then you cannot prohibit it. When it comes to digital skills, no, you cannot expect everyone to understand it. Even when it comes to GUI tools. It's just not rea
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by tomth 6mo ago
Age verification through the OS could make parental control much easier. Just set the age of your child on a given system with your own account, and apps and websites can signal what the minimum age is, and then the OS can decide to block i
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by tomth 7mo ago
Compatibility layers can also introduce security bugs. One of the reasons why it was removed from OpenBSD. BSD is more for purists anyway. Virtualization seems to be a better option than compatibility layers for the odd program that doesn&#
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by tomth 7mo ago
I've had issues with Wayland, even in 2025, but never with X11. X11 may be old, but it's stable. Mint is for normal people, not us. I do have it on my travel laptop though, because well, it never has any issues.
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by tomth 8mo ago
Using it because you're practically forced to use it, is not the same as not rejecting it intellectually. While that's probably still a minority, it definitely seems larger than just a rounding error to me. I've seen, though