Anon gets rid of drop box

IMHO networked file systems have never not felt like magic to me. Sure my NFS share is only 12tb but I smile every time I use it

NFS is weird to me because the only security seems to be by what ip is connecting?
- I only access it over a local network or wire guard. It's not perfect security, but also I'm willing to accept that risk.
- And the encryption you hopefully put on your files.

Be me

Switch to Linux

Wtf is a Dropbox again?

Be me, uses linux
Need to share ReTHAWed mod files on their website
catbox.moe does not keep files permanently
OneDrive and GoogleDrive are too evil 4 me
Could use ProtonDrive, but no
Dropbox is handy and familiar to most people
Now I just give up and use Dropbox because reasons
- catbox does keep files permanently iirc, it's litterbox that doesn't
- I use s-ul.eu for my occasional filesharing needs, downloads are no bullshit you click the link you have the file and never had issues with it. Not sure if storage limits on the free tier are lower than dropbox though.
  Oh and you get your own url prefix.
Be me
Computer shat itself
No backups
- Skill issue
- Real
I had Dropbox installed on Linux awhile back. Not just a Windows thing.
- But did it install itself?

The owner of the machine is the owner of the secure boot keys.

J4k3, hope youre doing alright dude.
Got a question you may be able to help me with. I have never changed my secure boot key on my motherboard after switching from windows. Do I need to worry about anything? If I don't, what's the pros and cons and what not.
I remember reading that there's some sort of potential issues with keys from windows if you're a Linux user a few months back.
- not j4k3 but my understanding is that the default keys are expiring soon and need to be rotated, and the rotation is up to your Mobo OEM to push out (?). I am not entirely sure that is correct, but I think it is.
  Pros and cons of your own key: Pros: its your key, so youre responsible for your security
  Cons: its your key, so youre responsible for your security
- You can generate your own keys. Here are two PDF links I copied just now from a post I made 2 years ago here. I don't keep these white listed, so I did not check them for connecting. The first is the official UEFI overview. The second is a great guide from the US government detailing exactly how to set the keys. If that link doesn't work, pull out the document number from the link and search for it. Gentoo and Arch have guides on this. Fedora has the most advanced pre Linux init system in my opinion.
  https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Secure_Boot_in_Modern_Computer_Security_Solutions_2019.pdf
  https://media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/15/2002497594/-1/-1/0/CTR-UEFI-Secure-Boot-Customization-UOO168873-20.PDF
  If you have secure boot enabled, and you are using the shim from fedora or ubuntu, then yes you need to worry about it if you want to dual boot with w11.
- I remember reading a post on mastodon where it was explained that no mother board validates the secure boot keys expiration dates otherwise it wouldn't boot the first time the BIOS battery gets empty and the internal clock gets reset. The post was written well and was citing some sources. But I didn't try to verify these assertions.
- Pros and cons of disabling the default Microsoft key:
  (Assuming you have secure boot enabled, and want the security that comes from that)
  pros:
  You control your own key and have full choice over what software can start up on your computer, software cannot be approved by anybody else.
  Your secure boot security model is not vulnerable to the risk of booting 3rd party software with known security vulnerabilities.
  Sophisticated attackers with physical access to your computer cannot carry out an evil maid attack on your computer and convince it to trick you or steal your data.
  cons:
  You need to have software installed to manage the key. There is software available for Ubuntu and NixOS.
  There are many buggy UEFI implementations out there that require the Microsoft key to load built-in oproms during standard boot, potentially bricking your computer.
  Software that gains root access to your computer could steal your signing key, potentially negating the benefits of secure boot against non-evil maid attacks.
AND the ones who control the source code of the software you run.

Fake: anon existed happily Gay: lets daddy Satya penetrate their machine

Satya? Microsoft doesn't own Dropbox. You're thinking of OneDrive.
- Sure, but it's Microsoft that allows 3rd party BS to be automatically re-installed!

One day, Linux will be ready for a no-headaches gaming PC. Genuinely looking forward to it.

That day is today.
- Peripheral drivers enter the chat
Its mostly there if your ready to dump your League addiction. Proton Db has guides for the games that don't just work first try and most of the fixes are select a different launch option from a drop down in Steam.
- Except games with shitty anti-cheat like Battlefield. Those are just unplayable.
- Though on that note, I started playing a lot of DOTA 2 on linux without issue.
Everyone will have a different experience based on their hardware, distro, and game preferences; But for me Linux has been a far less headache-inducing gaming platform than Windows literally for years at this point.
- Yup
- I have a gaming PC which I planned to setup a linux distro on for almost 2 years now. I just need to find the time to choose which distro, then debloat it, get the wifi, speakers, keyboard working, then install the required Nividia drivers, then optimize it and study wether OC its bios is worth it or no, then test optimal settings and compatibility, then compare my benchmark FPS results to similar ones on the internet, then open Steam and fucking game on brother lets go!
already is for me!
I had this mindset for about 2 decades, from when I first played around in OpenSUSE and Compiz back in 2005 up to 2024 when I finally switched because of Windows 10 being put out to pasture by Microsoft. But since I'm now in my early 40s and no longer play competitive games as I used to 15 years ago, I've had zero problems with Linux and gaming.
So I totally understand your mindset as I too once thought the same.
Problem with waiting is of course that developers don't favor linux due to lack of people on linux playing game, so it's a vicious circle:
not playing on linux because it's not well supported by games
game devs not making games for linux because not enough players are there.
I hope you enjoy linux when you're ready.
- I switched in my 20s when I stopped caring about competitive games, and I'm always surprised at how little effort it is to do the things I want to do.
- This post accurately described my life. High five brother.
Well, is Windows?
- So far it's working fine, yeah. No need to choose among a zillion distros someone swears is the best, I know for a fact there are first-party drivers for everything, no need to fiddle around with CLI, it plays everything my graphics card can muster, and I don't need to worry about game compatibility or whether Nvidia deigned to support my OS.
  Windows has a lot of problems, but if you're just looking to play games without too much complexity... It's as close to "it just works" as I can imagine getting without switching to a console (or limiting myself to the few games that work on Apple devices, I guess).
  Plus, big argument, it's familiar. You can forgive more annoyances when you're not learning something new. Humans are just lazy like that.

Can someone enlighten me as to what is M$ doing this time?

I had to install windows the other day on my kids laptop, and had to skip like 10 screens of Microsoft ads and then disable OneDrive, but saw nothing about Dropbox.

Edit: my household has been using Mint for a few years now, the m$ enshitification was just too much for us. I only had to install windows on my kids school laptop because they won't accept anything else...

No idea but here's some tools you should look into
BloatyNosy
privacy.sexy
Windows Spy Blocker
and this one isnt a tool but more of a tip. When installing Win11, set the region to English (world). This will prevent bloat from being installed by default, then use the OOBE\bypassnro command at the M$ account screen to skip signing up for a M$ account.
- you can also break out of the installer like in windows 10, and the entire os is loaded in the background so it's possible to open edge and download another os to a usb drive within the installer. very handy.
- You should be going for linux mint. It's also good fo playing. I'm playing Silent Hill f on mine.
In this particular case, it's not windows since they started pushing one drive.
It's probably the PC manufacturer being paid by Dropbox to install it with system utilities.
You can also look into ChrisTitusTechTools. That’s how I lock my windows SSD down as much as possible from M$.

anon, it's time to uninstall windows

Install Linux, fixed.

In the unfortunate event that you CANT uninstall Windows, at least replace it with AtlasOS.
Basically, it reinstalls Windows but rips virtually everything which makes Windows a piece of shit. You'll get better performance, no telemetry, and next to no bloatware.
Learn Linux anyway.
- Wasn't atlasOS proven to be a scam/not-as-advertised, or have they changed it?
- Wow this sounds too good to be true as someone that needs to keep windows for my work apps. What's the catch and why haven't I heard of it before?

I solved this issue by deleting windows and installing linux

I put down box gently

All I use dropbox for these days is synchronizing various extensions to it as a cloud backup service. Like Violentmonkey (userscripts) and Stylus (userstyles, like for making lemmy look nicer) to mention the two that come to mind.