i am so happy that this didn’t get downvoted to oblivion. thanks!

why not use rhino linux instead? ubuntu but rolling release

Sorry for wasting your time, bro

Well, they say Nix is the new Arch, so there’s that. Redcore is Gentoo but without the compiling – you might like that. Void is out because it’s too similar to Arch and has no Systemd.

Instead of experimenting with distros maybe instead you could hop on a reliable distro and explore some other facet of Linux. For example, I lived in Emacs for 9 months as a challenge. Or you could mess around with a WMs instead, maybe try to work your way from i3 to Qtile to Xmonad?

Oh, that’s a good work-around. Thank you.

This is awesome. Thanks so much.

Thank you. I think the issue here is most people (unlike you) have no clue what I’m talking about, which explains the immaturity in the comments section.

Wow thank you for this thorough explanation.

I used to use Librewolf but found it lagged behind Firefox too much when it came to security updates. But I agree with you that it does take the work out of configuring Firefox, which is convenient.

If you use uBlock, you don’t need this.

From the Arkenfox wiki:

🟪 DON’T BOTHER

(…)

Neat URL, ClearURLs Redundant with uBlock Origin’s removeparam and added lists. Any potential extra coverage provided by additional extensions is going to be minimal

Yeah Remind is awesome. I just use the built-in calendar though (never heard of Wyrd, but I am curious to check it out, thanks).

True, true. Thanks!

why did you quit vivaldi? btw i didn’t know about that article but i’m gonna check that out now, thanks!

The number of downvotes is bullshit, so you get an upvote from me. People tend to exhibit tribalism when it comes to browsers and distros; don’t ask me why.

I am a Firefox fanboy and long-time user, and I agree with OP that shit like Google and Amazon needs to not be in Firefox. But alas, these kinds of partnerships (esp with Google) are Mozilla’s primary source of funding, so I take it as a necessary evil.

Every browser and company that makes the browser is guilty of some horse fuckery (with Brave for example, their BAT shit). You have to just adjust the browser settings to your liking and get on with life, not dwelling on its flaws.

So just configure Firefox, make sure to install uBlock, read the Arkenfox GitHub page and harden Firefox accordingly, and enjoy using a pretty awesome browser. Do not use a fork (eg Librewolf) because they lag behind Firefox for security updates, with the exception of Mullvad, which is ok to use.

Happy browsing and welcome to the Firefox community!

Sincerely, A Sane User

You are a rock star.

Okay, I now have new awesome rules! I assigned my other two machines static IPs (192.168.1.3 and 192.168.1.4, respectively). So now I have:

sudo systemctl enable --now ufw
sudo ufw default deny
sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.3
sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.4
sudo ufw limit ssh
sudo ufw enable

SSH still works, everything is awesome. Thanks again 👏👏👏

Ohhh of course. Thank you.

So the more practical solution is just to assign a static IP to all my trusted devices, then allow those IP addresses rather than the whole subnet.

That makes total sense, but why do you think the ArchWiki says otherwise? Do you think they’re just presenting a “just werks” solution?

Hey thank you for this comment. I was just following the ArchWiki and you can also find similar directions here. I think the idea is that on a home network, every device can be trusted, but it’s still good to have a firewall in case your ISP’s firewall is crappy. What do you think?

Yeah the Fedora team getting everything to work seamlessly really speaks to their expertise.

agree! here’s my experience with an nvidia card…

• fedora, wayland, gnome <44: gnome sometimes freezes
• fedora, wayland, gnome >= 44: flawless, no issues
• opensuse micro os, wayland, gnome 44-45: flawless, no issues
• debian stable, wayland, gnome 43: freezes about once a day
• debian sid, wayland, gnome 44: freezes less often
• debian sid, XORG, gnome 44: flawless, no issues

tl;dr fedora is awesome, although rn i am a happy debian user as long as i stick to x11

yup, all you have to do is install ufw then run:

sudo systemctl enable --now ufw
sudo ufw default deny
sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24
# if you want ssh:
sudo ufw limit ssh
sudo ufw enable