Software Endorsements

[Hellwalker]

Crossposting. Not software but I still think it deserves an endorsement:

To all the homies that hate unnecessary animations on webpages and want them to burn in the firey pits of Hell, I found an extension that does just that:

Disable Transitions

 

[foam rolla]

Thinking of getting rid my old Gmail accounts and switching over to something like Proton mail. I wonder how long till you'll have to get a facial scan to access Gmail and it doesn't seem to worth staying with them. Also heard that you're going to have to verify in the future in order to access your Google Drive account.

 

[Ferryman]

Thinking of getting rid my old Gmail accounts and switching over to something like Proton mail. I wonder how long till you'll have to get a facial scan to access Gmail and it doesn't seem to worth staying with them. Also heard that you're going to have to verify in the future in order to access your Google Drive account.

Get off them sooner rather than later. I would suggest you consider truly privacy conscious, anti-corporate ones like Disroot. Even ProtonMail won't be safe forever, they might be Swiss but they are still EU-adjacent, and I have a strong feeling that the EU pressure towards ID verification might catch up with them one day.

 

[CEO of Autism]

Even ProtonMail won't be safe forever, they might be Swiss but they are still EU-adjacent

They've already said that if Swiss law comes to stomp them, they'll move their business elsewhere where it's safe to keep operating like they do in the present.

 

[eeto]

Proton has suggested a move to the EU for their services, particularly with their new AI chatbot, which seems counterintuitive? But maybe countries like Germany are still resistant to censorship/surveillance on a legislative level.

Source: https://proton.me/blog/lumo-ai

Lumo represents one of many investments Proton will be making before the end of the decade to ensure that Europe stays strong, independent, and technologically sovereign. Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals(new window) to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.

This shift represents an investment of over €100 million into the EU proper. While we do not give up the fight for privacy in Switzerland (and will continue to fight proposals that we believe will be extremely damaging to the Swiss economy), Proton is also embracing Europe and helping to develop a sovereign EuroStack(new window) for the future of our home continent. Lumo is European, and proudly so, and here to serve everybody who cares about privacy and security worldwide.

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

Crossposting. Not software but I still think it deserves an endorsement:

Given all this is doing is injecting a custom stylesheet into every webpage, you're better off using something like Stylus to do this as then you can set exceptions for websites that are broken by the custom stylesheet.

Here's the CSS from the addon

* {
    animation-delay: initial !important;
    animation-direction: initial !important;
    animation-duration: initial !important;
    animation-fill-mode: initial !important;
    animation-iteration-count: initial !important;
    animation-name: initial !important;
    animation-play-state: initial !important;
    animation-timing-function: initial !important;
    animation: initial !important;

    -moz-animation-delay: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-delay: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-direction: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-fill-mode: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-iteration-count: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-name: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-play-state: initial !important;
    -moz-animation-timing-function: initial !important;
    -moz-animation: initial !important;

    -webkit-animation-delay: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-delay: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-direction: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-fill-mode: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-iteration-count: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-name: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-play-state: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation-timing-function: initial !important;
    -webkit-animation: initial !important;

    transition-delay: initial !important;
    transition-duration: initial !important;
    transition-property: initial !important;
    transition-timing-function: initial !important;
    transition: initial !important;

    -moz-transition-delay: initial !important;
    -moz-transition-duration: initial !important;
    -moz-transition-property: initial !important;
    -moz-transition-timing-function: initial !important;
    -moz-transition: initial !important;

    -webkit-transition-delay: initial !important;
    -webkit-transition-duration: initial !important;
    -webkit-transition-property: initial !important;
    -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial !important;
    -webkit-transition: initial !important;
}

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Any recommendations for e-book readers on PC ? I think I tried calibre years ago.

SumatraPDF is super lightweight and normally I would recommend it, but its search function is shit. You can only go to previous/next search result, which is unacceptable. I switched to STDU Viewer recently because it can list multiple search results in a separate list.

 

[Sauro]

What’s the best VPN I can get for a reasonable price or better yet free? I’m cool with paying for one I’d rather not have to pay more than 5-10 dollars American for one

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

What’s the best VPN I can get for a reasonable price or better yet free? I’m cool with paying for one I’d rather not have to pay more than 5-10 dollars American for one

Mullvad is what I personally recommend. They've got servers all over the place, require zero identifying information to sign up, have a clean track record with LEA requests, and they don't sponsor sloptubers.

Main limitation is they took away inbound port mapping due to pedophiles using it to share CP so it's not possible to seed torrents anymore.

 

[Sauro]

Mullvad is what I personally recommend. They've got servers all over the place, require zero identifying information to sign up, have a clean track record with LEA requests, and they don't sponsor sloptubers.

Main limitation is they took away inbound port mapping due to pedophiles using it to share CP so it's not possible to seed torrents anymore.

Awesome thanks a lot dude. To be honest the inability to seed doesnt bother me too much especially if those “people” are doing it to download CP but I can see why that may be a problem Thanks again man I’ll download it right away

 

[Slav Power]

it's not possible to seed torrents anymore

Port forwarding is not mandatory for BitTorrent, but it helps a lot when your client has an open door on the Internet. Despite running qBittorrent exclusively via Mullvad for months my seed stats, both on qBit and RuTracker (I have a lot of torrents from there) keep going up.

 

[TwistedFreak]

can anyone recommend a reverse image facial recognition searching tool that covers not just websites, but also social media accounts?

pimeyes is paid and doesn't track social media, other websites are also paid and look like scams.

This eagleeye project on github seems intriguing, but I haven't bothered with it yet.

https://github.com/ThoughtfulDev/EagleEye

 

[Chinese Democrat]

Favorite OS: emacs
Favorite Mail Client: emacs
Favorite Video Player: emacs
Favorite Game Launcher: emacs
Favorite Package Manager: emacs
Favorite Window Manager: emacs
Favorite Terminal: emacs
Favorite Web Browser: emacs

Oh yeah, and it does text editing, too, apparently. But I just use nano for that.

 

[Touche le grass]

I love brave but why the fuck does it struggle to render google/bing maps? or is this a personal problem.

 

[Legalize Asbestos]

I love brave but why the fuck does it struggle to render google/bing maps? or is this a personal problem.

idk it does glitch out a bit on initial pageload but is fine after that. I can't get 3d satellite on it though. have to switch browsers for it.

 

[MatrixMustDie]

Shout out to my ziggers using zabbix. TND (total nagios death) will arrive soon I hope. Great for monitoring all kinds of devices if you like pretty graphs or want alerts when your dog chews through your fibre cables

 

[i cum over balloons]

You should probably update lolcow.email's RoundCube version or delete it entirely as a vulnerability was recently found in all version before 1.6.11

 

[Hemlock Latte]

For the time being I'm going to stick with pfsense, Proton and NextDNS, intrigued by Mullvad for years now but unsure if I can make the switch.

 

[Sirius]

I really like https://portableapps.com/ and their collection of software, use it all the time. The nice thing about it is that it helps my OCD a bit, since portable programs don't mess with Windows' internal system files. They have a lot of cool stuff, even a full Java environment that I used to use to play Minecraft in high school.

 

[Slav Power]

I really like https://portableapps.com/ and their collection of software, use it all the time. The nice thing about it is that it helps my OCD a bit, since portable programs don't mess with Windows' internal system files. They have a lot of cool stuff, even a full Java environment that I used to use to play Minecraft in high school.

Oh man, PortableApps. Been messing with their crap since forever. In high school I went so far as to learn how to use their framework to make other games portable, like GTA:SA or Need for Speed games. In fact, I've been relying on PA since I kept all my IT related school work on a USB drive so that I could easily work on it no matter what machine I used. Made such joyous things during lessons like a working gas chamber and a sheep shagger in Minecraft or websites with Hitler, Terry A Davis and "nigger" plastered in during lessons. Good times.

Still comes in handy on work computers, assuming they aren't properly locked down. You can put in an entire software suite on a USB stick, or better yet, an external drive, and be able to work with it without leaving a trace.