You know that, I know that, XKCD knows that and that’s a great way to do it BUT- it’s not just four random words. It’s four random words per service/website I use, which starts to complicate things again.

Sure I can use a password manager on mobile, but Granny who wants to talk to Little Johnny on the messenger he recommended doesn’t have one, nor will she typically remember the four (slightly modified) words in 6 weeks time, meaning she will probably write it down on paper to remember, inherently more insecure than allowing her a shorter password, possibly with a special character she might be able to remember, in my opinion.

I understand the security requirements and why they make sense, but we’re in the field of messengers here, which are incredibly hard to get people to switch to at the best of times. If people are immediately hit with a hurdle at registration, it will probably scare quite a lot of them away if they’re already out of my comfort zone and I find that a shame for such a neat looking project.

I believe this is about Amazon discontinuing support for pre-2013 Kindles and jailbreaking them to extend their life and escape the Amazon walled garden. KUAL is an app launcher and KOReader is an alternate ebook reader.

For me it started going south just after Windows 2000. XP started ‘thinking’ for you, forced online activation and hid all the settings away in little fluffy Fischer Price boxes. That was the point that your computer started not belonging to you, in my opinion.

That’s a shame. It was my reason for uninstalling. I don’t have a password manager on mobile so there is no chance of me remembering such a long password, so it would lead me to either writing it down on paper, or worse, sending it to myself via a messenger so I don’t need to type it in all the time, which I feel in all cases is less secure than having a shorter but more complicated password (maybe about 8 characters).

I’m assuming other users may share my opinion, especially for a genre of app like a messenger, for which it is generally hard to convince people to install as they don’t want to leave their closed WhatsApp playpen.

Maybe a solution which caters for both worlds could be considered: recommend 16 but accept and warn if someone types in a shorter one (with a minimum of 8)?

16 character minimum password?

Chuckled too much about “/s for the morons”. I might be stealing that!

Agreed. Bloody fantastic for general purpose. Seems like a well kept secret. A lot of people assume Bazzite is just Steam in Big-Screen mode.

So, I’m an all-around Bazzite fan, but it does have a bit of an odd learning curve. It’s easy to use for a beginner, child, or grandma. However, if you’re used to fiddling with your system, it might be a little harder to get into because you have to navigate the immutable nature of the OS, which can complicate some online tutorials and potentially lead to frustration for an intermediate/experienced user migrating from Windows.

So my suggestion would be:

Child - Bazzite

Grandma - Bazzite

Gamer - Bazzite

Experienced Windows user - Fedora or Mint, then once you’re used to Linux, Bazzite

Developer - Bazzite

I personally use the Gnome version. It’s really polished and pretty.

En garde!

Not specifically a joke, but more intended to make thought processes skip a little and to amuse:

My friend: “Didn’t they teach you grammar at school?”

Me: “no, she didn’t go there.”

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…and, if anyone ever tells me to check my pronunciation, I snap back quickly and say it should be pronOUNCEiation, while acting as serious as possible.

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In around 20 years I have gotten about 30 blank stares and one giggle, once. It was completely worth it.

It’s not about you, but rather about those whom you teach.

Haven’t personally the need to connect tv boxes remotely- all of my mobile devices are handheld, so cell phone, laptop, steamdeck etc, all of which have pretty seamless wireguard clients, but I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t work with the correct Wireguard client installed on a tv box. The only issue might be really old android versions.

I can recommend a local Wireguard server for this. I have one port on my router open for Wireguard and all of my devices can connect to it remotely.

Once connected, they can see all the devices on my local network, including my local jellyfin server. It works pretty painlessly and you don’t need to open any jellyfin ports to the world.

Treat the cause, not the symptom.

Which bit are you referring to?

To add one more thing about Bazzite Gnome, as suggested above/below: next to it looking like Fedora, it comes with a thing built in called Distrobox, which is a way of quickly running different mini versions of Linux within Bazzite. This means you can run little Ubuntu/Mint/Fedora/Arch installations and use their package managers. If an app is missing on Bazzite, start up distrobox and install it there instead. It even works for GUI apps.

(This is more of a pro feature though- you don’t explicitly need it, but it gives you massive flexibility, which is normally hidden away.)

Mint for Windows refugees

Fedora for Mac Refugees

My choice: Bazzite GNOME for Gamers, Children and Grandmas. It’s pretty, is damn indestructible and has a speedy app store with loads of cool free apps.

Wait a minute. How did they collect those statistics?

It’s a shame this is necessary, to be honest. It’s the same argument with Windows users: “you can just run a debloater and fiddle with the registry to disable tracking”. It shouldn’t be needed in the first place.

Bazzite Gnome- a hidden gem, as many think Bazzite is just for gaming, but it also has a great desktop mode. Pretty much indestructible (immutable), polished, pretty, has a modern kernel (so good driver support) and has Firefox and Libreoffice installable as Flatpaks. Great for kids and grandmas.