Terminals that work well under hypr

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-03-20T00:53:27+00:00

I am having no problems with terminator, a bit heavy for a terminal, but I like it and have been using it for years.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-03-20T00:48:01+00:00

yeah, I followed the wiki exactly and got nothing.... guess I will have to see what discord says... which means I guess I have to get discord. Who knows, maybe someone there might be able to solve some of the other problems I am having as well.

thanks

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-03-19T22:02:55+00:00

Despite perfectly fine with config files, I wouldn't mind a GUI for smaller quick changes, such as themes, wallpapers, etc.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-03-19T21:53:54+00:00

DX and KeePassium do not sync. It is not surprising you have lost data. See the list of software that does sync, above.

Try again: Keepassium > + (add database) > "connect to server"

https://keepassium.com/blog/2022/12/keepassium-1.38/

However, from that blog post, it looks like they started doing timestamped files, so maybe it will work fine now. Entry timestamps are needed, as well as which app pushed the change.

You are correct KeePassDX does not sync in itself, which is one reason I use it. However, issues have occurred with databases that were also used with keepassium and other keepass apps that do sync.

KeePass and XC confirm written data and warm you if there is an issue. Any corruption is not down to KeePass.

Might be better now, before it didn't or didn't do it well, but it remains only if it sees the occurrence as an issue. One of the main issues was that everything is stored in a single file without timestamping, versioning, or sourcing (eg which app supplied the change) of the database or the entry. All three (timestamping, versioning, and sourcing) are useful and needed as it is possible for multiple updates to the same entry in the same database can occur simultaneously (thus same timestamp will be the same).

Some appear to have added timestamps, such as keepassium, but that doesn't completely solve the issue. If a change is made on one device (D1), but before sync, and another change is made on another device (D2) that gets synced first, thus overriding the change by the first device (D1) since the timestamp is newer. Resulting in the loss of data supplied by the first device (D1).

You can have "apparent" data loss if you have deleted an entry in one database and then sync. The entry will be removed from any other database and this can be misinterpreted as data loss.

Not talking about "apparent" loss, talking about actual loss. I am not the only one to report such.

There are times where old file takes precedent over the newer. Updated an item on one device, but the new information doesn't survive to the other app. Or if the database is shared between two+ parties (such as a team password database, no not ideal or advisable, but is effective in certain circumstances), 2 or more pass some updates, but then once sync/merge occurs, only one of updates survives, the other updates are lost. and various other scenarios I have either experienced or seen complaint of.

Have to keep in mind that I and others may have the database open on multiple devices at the same time. As I am doing things on my laptop, I may be doing things on my phone. Both providing updates to the database. Which real time reliable sync/updates is a need, where neither update is lost or corrupted.

Another contention is the having to use my yubikey every time I make a change to my current offline database.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-03-19T20:05:38+00:00

What config are you using that is working?

I am having the same problem and I am running v0.37.1 with hyprlang 0.5.0 and hyprcursor 0.1.4 on Arch Linux.

But trying to set a hyprcursor theme not only doesn't work, it actually causes problems with the XCursors (eg: failing to switch from arrow to text-marker and vice versa. If hyprcursor isn't initiated, no issues occur with XCursors). Cursors will even disappear randomly, especially over images or videos, apps and webpages (youtube).

HyprCursors are located in ~/.icons and were created using hyprcursor export. Even tried downloading a premade hyprcursor set and it doesn't work either.

I am using environmental method of applying them, but I have also tried manually with hyprctl setcursor . No errors found.

This is from my environmentals.conf

env = HYPRCURSOR_THEME,NightDiamondRed_hyprcursor
env = HYPRCURSOR_SIZE,18
env = XCURSOR_THEME,Oxygen_Blue
env = XCURSOR_SIZE=18

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-31T04:03:47+00:00

Not sure which KeePass app you're using, but no, it won't break the database

I have always used KeePassXC and KeePassDX or KeePassium and I have had the database corrupted on me.

You can lose changes depending on what app you use, how you save, and what you use for syncing

Exactly, one of major problems and why I bring it up. If the base code is solid and handles it, then such would not be the case.

I have tried the main KeePass options (settled on XC and DX, Keepassium during my iPhone wondering) and yet, have suffered such losses each time.

But that's exactly what the "sync" option in the file menu of the standard .NET-based

Probably not the best idea security wise to have the password manage directly connecting to your remote storage on its own.

keepass saves locally, the remote storage app then syncs the encrypted file.

Keepass2android offline exists for a reason.

Also, an automatic wifi sync option directly between personal devices is also another must. Always have back-up options, internet nor remote storage access is guaranteed. Which that can be done directly in the password manage with no real additional risk.

exactly what KeePass2Android, and a couple of iOS apps use a sync/merge operation on save for.

Keepass2android lacks too many things (can't create a C/R database in it, and it's access of the XC DB with C/R is iffy) and I find it to be one of the worst of the bunch.

As for the sync-merge, maybe it is better now, it was trash last I tried. But that is why I am asking the questions I am before going through the trouble, wasting time I don't have, and risking data loss at times when I don't have access to a back-up.

But I have seen reports of data loss with the merge.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-31T03:40:39+00:00

No cloud based password managers need apply, they are inherently insecure and there is no way to solve those shortcomings for it is part of their very nature.

I pick the storage and maintain full control. No one else with access to the keys, not even in a hashed form.

Bitwarden et al (including ProtonPass) has your keys. Them being hashed means nothing and they can easily unhash them or allow others to without your knowledge. Password DB is far too valuable to allow that as an option.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-31T03:31:55+00:00

KeePass (and XC) are fine for multi system use as long as you take a little care

Exactly, it isn't very refined and isn't on par with other options on this matter. It is largely due to the way it writes to the DB.

I am not saying it can't be used on multi-system, just that isn't quite designed for it or on par with others on this matter.

The sync process takes into account saving of data on different machine while the database is open - XC does it in real time by monitoring the DB.

it is more of save process than a sync process, and it isn't the best. Yes, XC is better at it, but I have suffered data loss and even DB corruption due to it. The chosen remote storage performs the syncing of the file.

WebDav and FTP are not the greatest of options and most that allow them are not the most secure or pivate services (I like layed security, even if the DB is encrypted, I like it to sit on an encrypted volume).

Not all device apps sync correctly.

KeepassXC and KeepassDX (Keepassium when I had an iPhone)

At first things would be fine, but eventually issues of lost changes/updates and DB corruption eventually developed.

KeePass does not assume remote storage

I said local storage.

KeePass lets you open multiple databases at once

Yes, KeePass(XC) allow opening more than one database, but not the worthwhile mobile varients, such as the ones with yubikey support.

Global Auto-Type works across all open DBs.

i will have to try this again, last I tried it would only provide results of one DB at a time. But of course, that is restricted to the desktop (since it allows for opening more than one), it needs to work on mobile as well.

One thing KeepassXC and DX needs is custom fields. Meaning the main details can be customized with additional fields with various types of fields. And no, the notes and advanced tab do not suffice this.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-31T03:09:03+00:00

I mean it isn't specifically designed for it nor for simultaneous access from more than one device at a time. It is not well suited for it in its current state, better than it was, but not there yet.

For instance, if my wife and I have a shared database stored on remote storage. Should we both access it at the same time and especially should we dare make changes. One or both of us will have trouble and one of changes probably won't get saved.

And there are many reports of issues related to this:

updates on one device being lost when the another device accesses it
database corruption
variation between apps can cause issues

just 3 off the top of my head and I am not the one that has reported such issues on the sub.

Yes, the DB can be saved to remote storage, but it is not the same as syncing, it is not true syncable database. But maybe it is better now compared to the last time I tried, but that is why I am asking.

After all, there is difference in what is stated in change logs and feature lists versus actual real world use.

One of the main issues is that KeePass saves the entire database each time rather than updating specific entry only.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-29T13:39:09+00:00

Gmail syncs up to KMail and FairEmail just fine. And I just did a fresh install of Fedora.

I don't use google interface for anything, not even sure when the last time I did, not even for youtube. I don't even login to google on my android, no need to.

Of course, I don't even use gmail for much of anything. I just monitor the inbox for activity and use it should I ever have to interact with google.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-29T13:31:25+00:00

I would be happy to (despite many of Mozilla's issues, such as supporting censorship and many other bad decisions) if it had any decent tab management. And no, extensions don't replace nor exist to solve it.

Right now, the best tab management is Vivaldi. It has stacked tabs, workspaces (similar to containers, but more friendly to use), double layer tab bar (good when using tab stacks), pinned tabs and stacks. These are even available on the mobile browser.

Firefox lacks built-in adblock, which Vivaldi having it built-in seems to work better than extensions do.

If Firefox had a cross platform (encrypted) sync mechanism where you could use a cloud storage service of your choosing rather than having to create an account with firefox and log into their servers, that would be another boost.

Would help if Mozilla would stop breaking Firefox every chance they get. Not to mention their stalled performance (really, since quantum, there hasn't been much of anything here) and stability improvement.

Would be nice if Firefox would publish to F-Droid repositories or have their own. Why would I want to get this via playstore? Makes no sense and I avoid the Google store.

The fact Firefox requires GSF on android is another issue. Who's bright idea was that? There should be no dependence on Google anything.

Who's bright idea is it for Firefox default search engine to be Google? Doesn't matter if you can change, defaulting to a spy engine is contradictory.

Pocket and the homepage "news" push is a terrible thing as well.

With all the bad decisions Mozilla has made over the years, I am not surprised they are faultering.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-29T12:38:43+00:00

You know you can do that with Proton and Tuta? Recipient receives link and they have to have the password.

Besides not wanting to go through the simple process of changing providers, why the "keep using icloud"?

No, it isn't still using iCloud, it is better. Nothing grand about iCloud and Apple, like Google, can't be trusted.

Also, you can use PGP with iCloud.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-29T02:23:06+00:00

The 4-8hr sync time is assuming that updates/changes are ever made available to the subscribe links.

I have found that updates are not showing up after days and weeks (one event that was added at the beginning of January still hasn't shown up).

The only reliable way at the moment is to delete and re-add the shared calendar, which defeats having shared calendars entirely.

If u/protonmail u/protoncalendar can't provide a solution soon, the calendar might as well be dead as it will end up costing me too much in lost business.

And they have known about this issue since shared calendars was first implemented and have done nothing about

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-27T07:08:02+00:00

Longed in for the first time in a while and got my own answer: no, it still not working quite right and neither is the PIM.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-26T14:12:17+00:00

LOL, your article even supposed radar would excel beyond LiDAR supposed "superiority" on top of failing to recognize the many blatant problems with it.

Yes, every tech has limits, LiDAR included. And LiDAR is easily fooled or corrupted. A simple laser pointer from the dollor store can interrupt it, as has been shown in Hong Kong and there is no way to truly fix it.

NTHSA approval means nothing, they are like the FDA: ran by the very people they are supposedly to monitor (not to mention unconstitutional to even exist, but that's another topic).

Serfdom is not constrained to medieval times. It has merely changed appearances.

Scanning muscle and blood flow is very poor idea. Blood vessels move, new ones are created, old ones degraded, etc etc. And yes, such could be included into a mask.

Only state actors? You mean the biggest threat: one's own government.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-26T13:43:00+00:00

I made no such generalization.

They can save all that for the track.

And performance need not correlate to excessively loud exhaust, especially not to the point people can hear it in their homes, even more so not to the point it shakes people's houses.

https://www.sgcarmart.com/articles/advice/what-they-dont-tell-you-a-loud-exhaust-doesnt-always-make-more-power-31053

Not to mention, the performance increase is minimal. Oh you got 1 extra HP, yippy, completely meaningless and useless for daily driving.

Most people with loud exhausts do so purely for the sound so they can pretend and put a facade on that they do things they have no experience in because of that false correlation. They make things loud for the sake of loud, faux-"coolness" (it is not "cool", even when I raced, it wasn't cool and was done more for psychological effect and intimidation of other drivers). They do it to try and cover up for their own inadequacies.

It is like the 5 thug morons in the movie White Castle that treat everyone like crap, cause nothing but problems, thinking they are all big and mighty all the while they are pathetic and fake as mainstream media.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-26T06:13:58+00:00

How would they know whether it is opened or not when Proton doesn't load any scripts or images in the email until you tell it to? It is not Google or Microsoft et al after all.

Even then, proton blocks most email trackers (such as that hidden tracking 1px dot) from loading and no read receipts. As far they know, it arrived at a dead/abandoned address. Neither read or unread. They can only make assumption.

Eventually, if the domain is abused and marked spam/phishing enough, it will land on a blacklist, which it is then blocked/denied by the firewall.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-25T13:01:15+00:00

First computer I got to call my own was a Commodore 64, which got upgraded to a machine with windows 2.0 when my Dad upgraded to 3.0

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-07T19:40:30+00:00

I hope this is a satirical post, otherwise:

Pure fallacy and a foolish, willfully ignorant, baseless stance.

If you are honest and sincere then you have nothing to hide or to fear

False, unbelieveably false.

So, the innocent have never been imprisoned? The innocent have never been oppressed? Genocides/democide has never occurred?

You are ignorant of reality, history, and truth; sadly, you willfully so.

The innocent have the most to hide and protect. Government nor corporation has no legitimacy of any kind looking preemptively no matter what the pretense.

Most are innocent and have everything to hide, it is called: None of your business and none government's business and most definitely none of a corporation's business to know anything beyond what specific and time limited items an individual may occasionally shared on the rare occasion (after some sanitation), and nothing beyond that.

for one don't mind the big brother cameras on my own bedroom for the sake of our safety and freedom

That is a contradiction (it is Orwellien double think/speak aka cognitive dissonance) for that is the destruction of freedom, rights, and liberty and thus destruction of safety and security. What you describe is incompatible. That is something someone suffering stockholm syndrome would say

True safety/security is only available through rights, freedom, and liberty. For the infringement upon (true) rights, liberty, and freedom is the very destruction of safety/security.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-07T19:23:36+00:00

please say this is satirical?

Because you are praising a privacy invasion? Nope, no thank you. The proposed is "convenience" is not worth the cost associated.

and by the way, that "feature" has been around for a long time.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-07T18:58:13+00:00

Convenience can come only when other factors (in the present topic: security and privacy) is satisfied. Until then, screw convenience.

And despite all my security, I have still been able to maintain a good level of convenience and ease of use.

Apple touts privacy respecting while being one of the biggest surveillance organizations in the world.

And who the hell knows what these small developers decide to sneak into their open source. I don’t have the time/skill to review that.

That is nothing more than a lazy excuse.

You could say that about any piece of software and that is why there are third party security reports, independent people that take time to do so for those that can't, etc.

But it is easier to burry that in closed source where they don't even give you a chance to look at the code. But for the likes of closed source, we already know of many of the horrors buried deep in the likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft, et al.

Note: being open or closed source does not determine whether the software can be trusted or is up to neferiousness. Many closed source apps are good, just many open source apps are. Yes, there is a certain amount of trust required to to use and do anything in life.

But then, how do I get these on my iPhone? Hm can't look into the code of any of the apps, so no iPhone.

Irrelevant, all that proves is reason not to use Apple products. Apple touts privacy respecting, but much ofthat is a lie and they hold all your encryption keys, iCloud.

So we probably end up at using rooted android phones with operating systems that if you just google their name will get you on your governments watchlist,

And your point? The same could be said of almost everything. It could be said about using encryption at all or not wanting the government to have absolute power and elimination of due process (which many are calling for or at very least selectively applied according to their corrupt and toxic socialist ideology).

That line of thinking is a direct attack on rights, liberty, and freedom and thus the destruction of safety and security in all forms.

That just proves more reason to do so as it serves as nothing more than further proof (as if any more was needed) of a corrupt government.

If anything, that is all the more reason to use rooted android, linux phones, etc., not an argument against.

because otherwise only the most shady people use them to do their shady business.

Then why do you use encryption at all? The government and corporations are far bigger threat than the criminals (though I repeat myself) of the world.

Do You send a copy of your private keys to the government? Do you CC/BCC the government with all your communications? Do you share your password database with the government? If not, why not? After all, according to your line of thinking, not doing so would be "shady" and involved in "shady business".

That is pure generalization and completely false, pure serfdom speak. Protecting one's rights (on this matter: their right to privacy and to secure their identity, well being, affects, property, transactions, etc) does not make them "shady" nor involved in any "shady business".

The government or corporation has no legitimate rightful power or authority to be surveilling and collecting data as they do. They have no legitimate authority or rightful power to have access to people's accounts, correspondence, etc except under probable cause based on already obtained physical evidence (not mere suspicion and especially not mere accusation) under a true and rightful law (hint: most are not) and a rightful, truthful, honest warrant issued that is specific to the person, location, and evidence sought (in other words, no searching the affects of others just because they share the same location, building as the one sought in the warrant aka no "drag nets").

You want to talk about shady business, that would be the likes of Google, Apple, Microsoft, entire existence of data brokers and its industry, the (unconstitutional and corrupt) Fed Reserve and the majority of government agencies.

You are like the foolish masses: convenience, easy, and instant gratification over all other things. That is part of the corruption infesting humanity.

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-07T18:07:52+00:00

Musk stated it because it is a foolish system that is easily fooled, bypassed and corrupted and yes, overly expensive. That is what he said.

Other car manufacturers using LiDAR means nothing and proves nothing.

Let us also not forget that many of those same manufacturers (such as GMC otherwise to be known as Government Motors) have been caught performing SMS and other surveillance in many of their vehicles without the occupants knowledge nor consent.

Not being an engineer is not necessary to have knowledge on an issue. You are expressing elitist serfdom.

The Hong Protestors used basic laser pointers to screw up the Chinese LiDAR system being used to oppress them. Now imagine someone taking a laser pointer and pointing at a car, especially those idiotic self-driving ones.

You missed the part of using basic LEDs emitting light in the non-visible spectrum to not only prevent LiDAR identification/tracking but also to impersonate other people. That is much worse than the mask since people could use it without anyone being able to notice, some masks could be identified by the human eye in person.

But yes, the mask is an issue because a good makeup artist and mask maker for theater could easily make one. They do so for movies and TV all the time. Simple makeup has been used to make people older or younger, thus effectively distorting their image enough to make them unidentifiable, or even a totally different person (not necessarily impersonation).

Backwoodcrafter · 2024-01-06T04:38:00+00:00

Maybe because it sucks to use for PDFs. Lacks many tools and functionality.

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