LGTBuntu

Our GNU which art in Linux
Hallowed be thy name
Thy source code run
Thy git pull done
On Localhost, as it is in the Cloud

Amen.

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It was based on Fluxbox window manager, but pretty sure it’s been discontinued for a long, long time.

No, just for different desktop environments.

Kubuntu is KDE, Xubuntu is XFCE, and Lubuntu is LXQt.

From what I understand MS Office is notorious for not working well at all in Wine. The only ones thst I have seen evidence of running consistently in Wine are older ones like Office 2000-2007. 20-some year old products are probably simply not current enough to be useful.

I think the better bet would be dual booting or better yet virtualization.

Kubuntu for modern systems, Xubuntu for older systems, Lubuntu for older, low-end systems with limited RAM, Ubuntu server for headless servers.

Stay mad, Ubuntu haters.

Certified UNIX for the win.

Cops:

We suspect you have a grow operation.

Nerds:

I’ve certainly been growing the size of my LAN.

Goin’ off the rocket on a crazy starship

I see beans, I upvote.

There they say that it’s not yet ready to be used in evidence, but the problem with that is that most forensic “science” is generally misapplied and nowhere near as conclusive as the police want us to think.

This is such an important thing to remember. It’s just like how a lot of hand-held breathalyzers are closed source, and when their source code is finally subjected to scrutiny (because you’re supposed to be able to face your accuser, and the device is your accuser), it often doesn’t meet basic required standards for things like error reporting or failsafes to prevent false positives.

Much of forensic “science” isn’t exactly science as we understand it.

I calls 'em like I sees 'em. I’m a whale biologist.

I’m in the desert so I can’t comment because my environment is biased towards being dry anyway.

but they literally do seed torrents to get a list of all clients who connect to them and download

Actually, if I recall correctly they tend to seed only partial files because what they actually want to hit people with is distribution. If I understand the legal situation around it correctly, the act of downloading is much harder to pursue in civil court as opposed to damages for distribution. Because they need to prove that you’re not just downloading it for yourself but distributing it to others, hence sitting in the swarm and logging IPs of anyone who sends data to them.

By my math I average 15.26 comments a day (9674 comments / 634 days), which I would say is a good deal of commenting on Lemmy on a per-day basis.

Which is I why I used words like “usually” and “less likely.” It’s not any sort of guarantee of safety. For example, xFinity/Comcast owns NBCUniversal, and as such is technically the rights-holder for NBC content and as such they have a vested interest in potentially inspecting your traffic directly for torrents they have ownership of. In other words, I agree with your assessment here.

Mullvad stopped allowing port forwarding, sadly, which complicates torrenting. They had valid reasons for dropping support, but it makes it much harder to complete a solid connection via Mullvad.

Private trackers.

In the USA when you are caught torrenting copyrighted material it is because a firm hired by copyright owners sits in the public swarm logging IPs. They then send a warning to your ISP, who in turn sends you a warning.

Private trackers are by their nature a club that tries their damnedest to prevent people working for those kind of companies from joining the site to begin with.

It is still smart to use a VPN but your ISP isn’t generally targeting your data in transit itself. It’s usually a third party company hired out who cannot see your data streams directly. Thus a private tracker reduces the need for such measures since you are less likely to run into a hired hand logging your IP from a private tracker swarm.

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