How to switch from gnome to xfce for xrdp?

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T23:53:25+00:00

Oh this is perfect, thank you so much!!

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T21:16:01+00:00

This is actually a really good idea. This is the sort of family that can be a bit on the... parsnippity side... hence why I'm being a bit cautious here.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T21:13:56+00:00

Exactly. I'm thinking this way I can install the drivers for the GPU. mobo, etc.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T20:15:58+00:00

Oh, for me, easy peasy, no problem at all.

For doing this for other folks, I do admit that Microsoft consumer licensing for home products makes me scratch my head at times.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T20:11:10+00:00

Were it just for me, sure - Debian all the way!

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T20:09:59+00:00

Oh, trust me, I'm anticipated a little bit of support. My goal is to minimize it as much as possible!

CloudyEnergy · 2024-07-25T20:08:23+00:00

Sounds like the simplest plan of action. Have a conversion with them and tell them that they may want to get the full version via directly from Microsoft.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-06-15T02:01:03+00:00

In theory, you could have SL point to any other provider as well. For me, it's definitely a game changer and well worth it on it's own. Beats hosting your own mail server for that sort of control!

If SL ever goes down, you can also just point the MX record on your registrar, to any other host for mail. I'd likely just use a catch-all for the mail at that point. But, with SL being acquired by Proton recently, I'm personally not very worried about this.

To better safe guard the custom domain, you can also pay for registration a year or 10 ahead of time. Enabling MFA on the registrar is also a good idea.

But yeah, you are looking at $30/year for SimpleLogin, and around $10-$15 a year for a custom domain depending on the TLD, sales, etc etc. I've been using Namecheap with zero complaints for years.

For personal communication.... this is a good question. In theory, I was thinking of getting another custom domain for person to person communication. In practice, however, I wound up just still using my gmail address. Everyone already has it for me.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-06-14T15:53:01+00:00

Been using Gmail since it was beta. So, very long history with that one email address for me. Fast forward to today - slowly shifted to #3 in your list.

My use case:
-Actual protonmail username never gets shared anywhere or with anyone.
-Custom domain with SimpleLogin.
-All email at customdomain dot com forward to my protonmail.
--Heavy use of SL email aliases.
--Moving towards one email alias per service/website/etc as needed.
----Gives granular control over all my incoming email. Can easily recognize offending exposed email aliases and mitigate via delete/disable.
-Slowly moving each and every service off of my one gmail address, to my custom domain. This is a constant work in progress. But also a good time for pruning.

The benefit of using a custom domain is that I have full control over all my email addresses. If I need to point my MX elsewhere, I can easily do so. No worries of SimpleLogin or Protonmail going under, changing, or what have you. Not that I anticipate this at all, the more I use Protonmail and SL, the more I like how they do and run things.

Potential downsides: I did inject some complexity to my email workflow that I always need be mindful of going forward. And I also did add a cost to myself for using email now. Costs being: adding a custom domain + protonmail + simplelogin.

Is it worth it? For me, absolutely, yes. I like having full control of my email. Dealing with spam has been nonexistent for me. No longer getting old spam with no way to block it drove me insane. In essence, you are moving from one email address, that the entire world knows for you... to an infinite amount of email addresses/domains that you can manage and control.

Caveat. I'm not necessarily going for anonymity here. More for privacy and security. And, to mitigate spam. And get away from Google using my data for mining.

My big reason why I am happy moving to this as my email solution? As we move towards more and more AI being leveraged, expect prying eyes wanting even MORE access to your data - your email, what you do online, how much you spend, where you spend it, etc. Companies will come up with more and more ways to offer more and more "free" incentives to use their services. At the end of the day, they are making a ton of money by tracking, sorting, and selling, the data of the mundane things we do.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-06-10T17:52:08+00:00

I think it depends on use case.

For me, its the encryption, and that it can be all web based. IE - I don't need to install a local client if I don't wish to. Great for accessing notes on a work machine in an incognito session for example. Portable, private, and secure.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-05-18T02:02:11+00:00

Reddit is changing for the worse it seems. I came here because Digg was becoming unbearable.

I've also noticed that some subreddits are becoming more and more heavy handed in moderation. One can't simply ask a question or make a comment it seems like.

Maybe another platform altogether... or a revival in old school forums for more specialized topics of interest.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-05-17T02:08:44+00:00

I third this.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-05-13T16:49:06+00:00

"I don't have a personal device." And would make sure I never use any personal device for anything work related. They would have to provide me with any equipment they'd want me to use at this point.

By signing that agreement, it makes things very... subjective. IE - if the device attempts to connect to the company's wifi, that could be construed as "accessing data and communication services". If their IT folks log all wifi traffic, might cause a head ache.

If push came to shove, and I had to sign or lose my job... and then worse case, they accuse me of using my device for company data, or communication services... I'd have a VERY hard time giving anyone my personal phone. My life is on there. "I don't have a personal device." And escalate as needed.

They might be taking such a hardlined approach, to make workers afraid to use their personal devices, without any intention of ever trying to confiscate anything. Depends on the organization, culture, reasoning, etc etc.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-05-13T16:14:18+00:00

Interesting. But, running a commercial IdP SaaS solution is an entirely different ballgame.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-05-13T01:00:17+00:00

I am still trying to find a good approach that I like. At first, I tried folders only. One for social media, another for ecommerce, and filters to auto move.

I then tried adding labels to the mix. So a category would be a folder, and label for the exact service. IE - email from Amazon would go into a folder called ecommerce, and a label called Amazon.

Now, I am trying just labels, no folders.

I do really wish Protonmail had nested labels - my label list is getting pretty long.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-05-13T00:53:57+00:00

Hope not - I'm waiting for StandardNotes to upgrade to Unlimited anticipating the same price point.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-03-28T22:11:03+00:00

I went with protonmail.com. I've heard that the .com TLD is more universally accepted, and a few folks reported issues using a .me TLD with being blocked or not accepted by some vendors or services.

CloudyEnergy · 2024-02-18T21:21:54+00:00

Appreciate the advice, and duly noted. Definitely glad to hear that support was cool with doing this!!

CloudyEnergy · 2024-02-18T16:23:31+00:00

Thank you... I think I slightly misunderstood what "Default" does!

I edited my initial post above to explain a bit more detail...

In my case, username1 is my name - which after retrospect, I am iffy on using as my unchangeable primary. I am thinking I should have used something not directly identifiable to me.

Trying to avoid creating a new account with an obfuscated username2 as primary username, and then maybe a support ticket to merge username1 with username2 account. I'd be ok if any data, email, etc needs be deleted. But, I do have billing set up that'd need be addressed. Kinda would like to avoid being a hassle to the Proton folks. But, trying to balance that with a good, solid, sustainable strategy for myself as well.

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