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is ubuntu hated as an OS or is it a good OS indeed?
Dominic Sanders
Are you from the land down under?
Ryder Sullivan
LISTEN 0 0 *:22 *:* It doesn't look like it is blocked on your system. It must be blocked somewhere else on your route.
Michael Long
GIMP is my penis
Brayden Turner
Install guix
Ethan Mitchell
It's going downhill with Ubuntu since 12.04, sadly.
Sebastian Barnes
you think those cheeky russians are playing me like a damn fiddle?
Juan Barnes
How can I quickly list all devices in my network?
Jack Nelson
nmap read the manual for it
Hunter Hall
Great OS, just pick the variant that offers the desktop you like. If I was to pick GNOME I'd probably go Pop! OS since it features a nicer theme and newer drivers. I like MATE though so I'm on Ubuntu MATE. Super comfy.
Benjamin Reed
Problem with it is, fast scan doesn't find all devices, slow scan takes ages.
Leo Wood
Damn, scratch that. I'm retarded. It looks like it is only listening on IP6 LISTEN 0 0 :::21 :::* Check your configs.
Adam Reed
It's the only distro I know that cones with telemetry.
Thomas Thomas
Does "arp -a" do anything?
Gavin White
thanks user, will report back if I manage to fix it
Robert Turner
Do I need intel microcode? I'm using an amd processor, ryzen 7 2700 specifically
You don't need it to use your computer, but it's good to have it for security reasons and bad to have for security reasons. Flip a coin.
Owen King
the only thing you changed is what ports are scanned (rtfm) if you only want a list of active hosts then you can disable port scanning completely you may want to use something like this: nmap -sn -oG - 192.168.1.0/24 alternatively if you have firewalled devices which don't respond to ping, listening for ARP packets would work. you could also look at dhcp leases / dyndns registrations depending on your infrastructure.
Ayden Gomez
why would you need intel when you have amd, wtf
Jaxson Morris
chipset?
Kevin Green
Can less remember the last cursor position?
Zachary Lee
It clearly says 'processor microcode' in the description user.
Kevin Jackson
>| tac | cat | tac | cat | tac | cat This is just silly
Charles Morales
I know. I was legit asking, because I do not know why it would be required otherwise.
Kevin Garcia
Canonical put spyware that reported activity to Amazon in one of their older versions. They've since removed it, but that's where their lodestar led them. Shits EZ AF, but so are the distros based off of it, which have a decent chance of having Canonical's BS stripped out before it makes its way to your system.
To branch off of this point. I've been screwing around with linux mint for a bit and I'm thinking about switching over to debian. Using an OS based on an OS based on debain seems kinda weird when I could just use debian. I'm curious how much of a pain in the ass I should expect compared to the plug-n-play™ linux distros I'm used to. Tips on how to get something out of debian I can't get from Mint would be welcome too.
Is there a rootless option to mount samba shares to android so much so that applications(files,gallery,google photos) can see the folder as a local drive and access the files from it.
Josiah Anderson
alright, i changed the conf to listen on ip4 instead of ip6 (even though the file said enabling ip6 should cover both) State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port Cannot open netlink socket: Protocol not supported LISTEN 0 0 *:443 *:* LISTEN 0 0 *:111 *:* LISTEN 0 0 *:21 *:* LISTEN 0 0 *:22 *:* LISTEN 0 0 :::22 :::* same issue tho :c
>even though the file said enabling ip6 should cover both Honestly then; iptables may have been the issue originally. You will have to forgive me, I don't know IP6 and go out of my way to not have it on my network.
Hunter Carter
>what telemetry user is probably referring to ubuntu-report.
Liam Martin
it wasn't spyware, it was just a search with just one click to disable
Great distro for cloud if you bootstrap it via debootstrap or like Bad distro if you want desktop, spies n shit. If you can debootstrap a desktop of ubuntu would be amazing, but dpkg recommends kills the value quickly. Now that buster is out go with that till it's kernel is too decrepit.
You could always try LMDE, its based off debian instead of ubuntu, with the same mint tools.
Julian Davis
>it wasn't spyware >describes spyware You know it searched everything, even internet histroy, which means it cookied everything, which means it reported everything, you web history included, in it's telemetry. I know, I dumped those packets to be sure I couldn't keep using that function. Then I found dmenu
Aaron Bennett
i really doubt it since non-root means fuse which i don't think exists on any stock roms. i rate synchronize ultimate and solid explorer though - maybe check them out if you're not able to gain root or unlock your bootloader.
Isaac Butler
what's up with this story that ubuntu spies, are we living in idiocracy era already?
Robert Sullivan
Yes and No. It's great if you are already into the Unix environment and want a bit of backstory on why some things are done the way they are, but for the most part stuff has moved to a "higher level" as it were. This is a must if you intend to actually write C application code but if you're writing scripts to python tools can be missed without academic harm.
Gabriel Hill
do you understand that you can opt out, it's not mandatory
Nathaniel Wright
So? It's still telemetry by definition.
Gavin Torres
You're confused. It's not botnet if it's opt-in. It's totally spyware if it's enabled by default, even if there is a opt-out option.
Brayden Hill
Inbuilt search function, it was removed, but it searched *everything* on the system, even your browser history, and then used the cookied information to recommend you amazon products. The problem was the system was in place for the longest time before anyone outside of Canonical or Amazon actually really read the code so it sorta flew past people untill they actually noticed amazon recommendations being creepy and browsing history in their search bar. Really it was the communities fault for blindly trusting shills, I mean use and abuse their software but don't be offended when they swindle you out of data for no money.
Blake James
I don't think I plan to write C code, do you have any other recommendations for Linux? I'm planning to learn a bit more bash.
Brandon Lee
Why did you have to write this? Like honestly what the fuck is wrong with people.
Alexander Morgan
i remember a "turn off" option for that, was it just a fake?
Anthony Hall
its cool, user, i appreciate the help all the same pastebin.com/e6MawCaJ i added the rules but still no dice, contemplating suicide atm
Sebastian Cox
>When you enter a search term into the dash Ubuntu will search your Ubuntu computer and will record the search terms locally. Unless you have opted out (see the “Online Search” section below), we will also send your keystrokes as a search term to productsearch.ubuntu.com and selected third parties so that we may complement your search results with online search results from such third parties including: Facebook, Twitter, BBC and Amazon. Canonical and these selected third parties will collect your search terms and use them to provide you with search results while using Ubuntu. ubuntu.com/legal/data-privacy/2013-03-25
Julian Watson
cron and systemd timers is a good place to start if you want to do linuxy stuff, bash scripting is far too much "heavy lifting" for doing cool stuff from cold start. It would waste your time on boring stuff and make you hate linux, look for easy outs like cron, anacron, systemd timers, init scripting and even break virtual machines. Actually writing the systemd timers to scrub a disk, umount a drive after a certain period of time online (simulating bedtime?) things like this will give you better drive to learn.
thank you for letting us live under a comfy win10 monopoly spreading FUD about ubuntu aand or linux in general
Alexander Stewart
It doesn't matter if it was fake, "on by default with option to turn off", is unacceptable spyware.
Owen Cooper
Bro shut the fuck up. Ubuntu spied on people, stole their data. We were trying to be nice with terms like telemetry and opt-out but that's the truth. You can blame canonical but fuck you, Ubuntu stole my data and sold it to amazon you cunt.
Christian Evans
Canonical and Microsoft are in partnership. Guess who made the WSL. Linux is as well. Guess who shills the WSL.
John Sanchez
What are you using to test the connection?
Jack Reed
Well, when it comes to Ubutu... ubuntu.com/legal/data-privacy >What do we do with your personal data >"To market our products or services to you." That's not FUD, that's Ubuntu's own words.
as for "linux in general", this is my website: linuxreviews.org/Debian linuxreviews.org/Manjaro_Linux tell me, am I really spreading "fud" about "linux in general" or do I simply lay out what the options are so people can decide for themselves? if a distro's spyware it's spyware and I'll state that it is here and elsewhere. and your "comfy win10" bullshit, I've never recommended it and I never will.
Josiah Sullivan
Yes, unless you opt out, if you don't want it opt out is it so hard?
Isaiah Cooper
In 2017 google put out a "Android Samba Client" app which provided this functionality without root. They no longer offer this app though,atleast that i could find. It did exactly as i wanted, exposing a smb share to the files/gallary framework. So it has to be possible
The issue isnt getting the files, i have sftp for that. What i need is a way to expose the files to the default framework so i can take advantage of the google drive unlimited support for the phone i have. Currently i have to transfer to the phone then upload, which is limited by the ssd size. If i could get that folder exposed i could directly upload from the share on to google drive
I cannot root/unlock my phone as it breaks a few apps i need for work and banking apps, and the developer of magisk is incompetent and refuses to look in to any bug reports regarding the hide feature while still promoting his app mainly for the hide feature.
Oliver Turner
open source was a mistake the basar ruined the cathedral
Levi Wright
microsoft made wsl, do you know what it is?
Parker Perry
is this a meme or should I actually read this
Tyler Cook
Yes, if you do not understand the concept of making me do something to not have my data stolen as default is still high crime then you are simply a shill.
Its a meme, RMSes writing is almost all philosophical. Not bad philosophy and therefore some of the best in all of computer science, but definitely not good philosophy to read.
Cooper Gomez
i tried that telnet thing in the link you sent, aswell as typing "ftp://mydomain.com" into a browser, but both failed. telnet did manage to connect on port 22 (ssh) though, so the problem does appear to be with the port
>linuxreviews.org/Debian "It defaults to GNOME but you do not have to use stinky foot desktop."
totally unbiased blog sure, you were right i was wrong
Parker Myers
Must read if you want the complete redpill.
James Cox
You tried the netcat test too? I'm at a loss then, user. We're both missing something, or it's being blocked somewhere else on your route.
Jeremiah Martinez
im convinced the vps provider is blocking it and they arent telling me
Nolan Allen
But I like philosophy... alternatively I might prefer spending my time learning more Linux stuff but a little detour cannot hurt right.
Xavier Cooper
The best way to consume RMS is visiting his speeches (or steaming one, OP copypasta contains a list).
Hunter Gutierrez
eeh It's not good philosophy and I wouldn't recommend it. If you want a book that does a better job at social tech cathedral and bazaar is a meme for an actual reason beyond being just a meme.
Nathaniel Mitchell
and this is bad because..?
Mason Gutierrez
Guess I'm going back to bash.
Jordan Nguyen
Didn't windows say they were going include the entire Linux kernel in the new releases of WSL?
Oliver Harris
If you're so clever, then tell me how to CTRL-C this: for i in {1..254}; do ping -c 2 -w 1 "192.168.1.${i}"; done
Cameron Lopez
Yes. WSL2 will contain Linux and run in a VM instead of NT.
Charles Powell
no you are right, still ubuntu is much better than win on the spy side and that ubuntu feature is long gone
When I moved from Windows to GNU/Linux I started to learn new things. I can't believe I didn't know about things like pipes. The command prompt was too boring for me. I got a laptop with Endless OS and it was really nice. I'm using GNU/Linux for over a year and I learned about so much stuff that isn't in Windows. The problem is that WIndows users think this is boring and nerdy. Is WIndows for cavemen?
Carson White
There's now opt-out telemetry. Opt-out is bad practice for a reason; people will assume it's safe, because it's default and keep it enabled (look up Default Effect, Psychology). Funny enough is that even if you opt-out, it still calls home and you have to unironically block metrics.ubuntu.com in order to make it stop. I think a button "don't send anything" shouldn't send anything.
Aiden Cook
(trap 'exit 1' INT TERM; for i in {1..254}; do ping -c 2 -w 1 "192.168.1.${i}"; done)
Brody Walker
ok i have a new pc i can install windo10, or ubuntu, or have the installer crash on boot wit xy linux, what would do suggest to do
Benjamin Powell
Is it possible to setup a git repo on a USB drive? Any guides for how do I do it?
Andrew Powell
Not really, I haven't used windows in YEARS but the greatest thing I have ever experienced was finding out they had mixed dos like COM and piping into a scriptable shell. Go get powershell if you haven't it's amazing, if a bit pozzed.
