Cralex

Cralex , 9 months ago to asklemmy in What are some (realistic) things you wanted to get for a while, just for fun?

If you work hard, I’ll bet you could have the Pyra in Two Months™️

Cralex , 9 months ago to internetfuneral in OOO

Zalgo being all informative lately.

Cralex , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in How do you choose an instance and does that have a significant effect on your Lemmy experience?

I joined lemmy.one because it presents itself as friendly to beginners/Reddit refugees. On the plus side, it’s worked very consistently and fast. They’re also federated with pretty much everything, so there’s plenty of content to choose from and narrow by subscribing and blocking.

On the minus side, you can’t create communities there and the only communities that exist are chat, meta, and some security and privacy focused communities. So you’ll have to get most of your content from across the ‘verce. (Which it part of the part of the point Lemmy anyway.) Also, as a beginner-friendly instance, there’s some tutorial-ish stickied messages depending on how I set my view settings.

The only significant disadvantage is if I ever want to create my own community, I need another account elsewhere. Otherwise, I’m pretty happy with my choice.

Cralex , 11 months ago to fediverse in I wish people would write some descriptions for their communities

You might be able to make a [Meta] post in said community and ask for the sidebar to be expanded. Who knows, maybe it’ll work.

Cralex , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in Do you use the swipe to type feature on your phone?

Sometimes, but mostly I use tap to type. Usually swipe is accurate, but I don’t always want the risk that it’ll get something wrong and it’ll take longer to fix it than if I’d just typed it straight away.

Cralex , 11 months ago to linux in Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

• Android-free Linux distribution specializing in supporting older smartphones.

• Up-to-date software based on Alpine Linux and focused on privacy and security.

• Highly portable construction centered around a single software base regardless of what device it’s running on.

• Goal of keeping a given device running and updated until it physically falls apart.

Cralex , 11 months ago to linux in Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

PostmarketOS

Cralex , 11 months ago to linux in Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

• Rolling release that is remarkably stable. • Supports a wide variety of architectures. • XBPS package manage • Lightweight, systemd free.

Cralex , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to linux in Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

• Supports a wide variety of hardware, including ARM devices such as the Pinebook Pro.

• Up-to-date rolling release.

• Multiple DE’s available with customized, clean interfaces.

Cralex , 11 months ago to linux in Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

Manjaro

Cralex , 11 months ago to asklemmy in What is the difference between a regular app and a web app? Does iOS have WebApps or is just an Android thing?

Adding onto limecool’s response, both iOS and Android are able to use them. I’m using wefwef right now on my iPhone. It looks like any other app on my phone and acts a lot like it, too. (As a former Apollo user, I can only commend the wefwef team for a truly spectacular replication of Apollo’s sleek user interface. The similarities are truly striking.)

So they’re kind of like a glorified web bookmarks, but they have some capability for managing their own storage (note when you’re prompted to “update” wefwef) rather than being simple links. As an iPhone user, another notable difference comes when you’re getting a new phone. These days, all your apps redownload whenever you restore from a backup, which of course takes time. But your webapps? They’re ready to go right away.

Cralex , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to android in Opinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others?

I can’t imagine life without one. So many bad password habits can be eliminated by using a password manager to generate a strong, unique password for every site you use, and devoting your limited password-remembering powers to one decent master password. (Or better yet, secure your password manager further using other forms of authentication.)

It’s not just for helping you (and your less technically inclined friends and family) remember and use strong, unique passwords, though. Since a password manager only recognizes the real web address that any given password was designated to, it won’t be fooled by a scam website using a similar-looking name to a legitimate one. While this doesn’t eliminate the risk of falling for a scam, every little bit helps, no matter how skilled you are at cybersecurity.

I use Bitwarden, which I’ve been using ever since Lastpass started limiting you to using a single device class (mobile or desktop) for free accounts. It integrates with both Firefox and Chromium-based browsers and with the password manager features in smartphones. Their free account is nice, but I went with the paid option so that I could keep and use 2FA passcodes within Bitwarden itself. There have been several debates between doing it like this versus using a separate authenticator app, but I feel like it’s both very secure and really, really convenient. It encourages me to use increased security on every website that supports it.

Cralex , 1 year ago to me_irl in Quality content I tell you!

This is me, but I’ll do this even before it gets a like. Y’know, just to get ahead of the game.

Cralex , 1 year ago to maliciouscompliance in /r/horny complies with forced reopening of the sub, now accepting all Christian minecraft content (mostly horned goats for now)

Such a glorious spectacle, the fall of a once mighty internet giant.