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fghtr··on Bye Bye Microsoft Office, Hello LibreOffice

There were no technical problems, only political ones AFAIK.

fghtr··on Bye Bye Microsoft Office, Hello LibreOffice

>> comparing the actual feature set

Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_office_suites

fghtr··on Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing predators

EFF could still help here, so become a member if you still care.

fghtr··on Privacy: Is That iPhone?

At least in case of Librem 5 there was no choice: the hardware working with free software is rare, which restricts the choice of SoC and the modules.

fghtr··on Privacy: Is That iPhone?

Yes, Librem 5 is our hope. Also, Pinephone.

fghtr··on Privacy: Is That iPhone?

See also https://puri.sm/posts/apple-is-right-about-privacy-but-wrong...

fghtr··on PeerTube v2

Invisible Internet Project, i2p: https://geti2p.net.

Not sure if you would consider it successful though.

fghtr··on We will never escape this hell

Qubes OS with Whonix should help...

fghtr··on Ask HN: How can I as an individual possibly make a difference to climate change?

http://www.kimnicholas.com/uploads/2/5/7/6/25766487/fig1full...

However, convincing politicians can do much more...

fghtr··on Off-Facebook Activity

Purism: https://librem.one/

fghtr··on Tell me something important about IT that I don't know

Consider the ethical side of IT: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.

fghtr··on Ask HN: I don’t have a company, how can I be paid on the internet?

PayPal is dangerous they say [0]...

[0] https://minifree.org/paypal/

fghtr··on Don’t Put Your Work Email on Your Personal Phone

I guess you just need a GNU/Linux phone for that. Librem 5 is the hope.

fghtr··on Bypassing anti-incognito detection in Google Chrome

>Am I the only one that wants their browser to be 100% stateless?

I achieved it by using Disposable Virtual Machines in Qubes OS. Works flawlessly.

fghtr··on Inferno Operating System

As a happy Qubes user, the overhead in CPU is barely noticeable for Xen virtualization. One needs a lot of RAM though.

fghtr··on Inferno Operating System

Namespaces: a program's view of the network is a single, coherent namespace that appears as a hierarchical file system but may represent physically separated (locally or remotely) resources

Standard communication protocol: a standard protocol, called Styx, is used to access all resources, both local and remote

This looks similar to Qubes Air roadmap: https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/01/22/qubes-air/

fghtr··on Ask HN: Which Laptop to Switch to from Macbook?

I suggest you consider buying their laptop, because they are the only company that has the goal to empower users with privacy and repairability (happy user).

fghtr··on Ask HN: Which Laptop to Switch to from Macbook?

>almost the same with their 1080p screens?

Purism Librem 15v4 has a 4k screen.

fghtr··on Pornography sites found to be riddled with trackers from major tech companies

Thank you, a very good point.

fghtr··on Pornography sites found to be riddled with trackers from major tech companies

You should consider donating this money to Firefox.

fghtr··on Pornography sites found to be riddled with trackers from major tech companies

What about Tor Browser?

fghtr··on Sia – Decentralized cloud storage network

https://golem.network is the project to make decentralized computing possible. They already have beta version released.

fghtr··on Can I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything from Google or Apple?

Yes! https://tehnoetic.com/mobile-devices

fghtr··on Ask HN: Which is the most secure OS in 2019?

Qubes OS: https://qubes-os.org

fghtr··on Ask HN: Plant a Trillion Trees Campaign?

>Which of the nonprofits was the best run?

One can try to search for corresponding nonprofits with https://CharityNavigator.org. For example, there are

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...

and more...

fghtr··on Is this Paypal experience customary?

Similar (worse) things happen to relatively small organizations relying on PayPal: https://minifree.org/paypal/#paypalbastards

fghtr··on Hey advertisers, track this

more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...

fghtr··on YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

Consider peertube instead.

fghtr··on How to support open-source software and stay sane

Why would scientists write good code with documentation if it is not recognized for their career?

fghtr··on Can't We Have Anti JavaScript-Only-Sites Search Engine?

I am not an expert, but maybe free search engine YaCy[0] could be modified for that purpose.

[0] https://yacy.net

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