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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
A boot loader.
This is one of the “big” boot loaders. I can’t fathom it (since it’s GNU), so I expect a distribution to be magic with it.
When GRUB breaks, I use boot-repair.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.joonet.de/lilo/
A boot loader, generally considered less used and less featureful than GRUB.
Although I had used LILO quite a lot in the past, and was doing some interesting things with it, like having multiboots with DOS and rearranging partitions to hide some or change what was primary, I tend to not use a bootloader like that anymore. I expect a distribution to be magical regarding a boot loader.
- LILO = Linux Loader
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When LILO breaks, I use boot-repair.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geeqie/
http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/
A straightforward and lightweight image viewer.
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Software > Web browsers >
(on Wikipedia)
Linux > http://www.palemoon.org/
http://www.palemoon.org/
A web browser which is essentially a fork of Firefox. Pale Moon keeps the simpler UI before the astonishingly terrible changes Firefox made.
A very good browser. Newer addons targeting the latest Firefox which are addicted to its new interface will not work with Pale Moon, since Pale Moon lacks that interface. Older addons or proper UI-agnostic addons will work fine.
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Software > Animation, Video editing >
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(on Steam)
https://www.blender.org/
A Free and open source 3d creation suite and video editor.
3d editing: Said to be very difficult to use, and it is. There is an argument that in mastering it one gains a huge set of capabilities with one tool. I was unable to get that far.
Video editing: Defaults are stupid and features are missing. Maybe it’ll be passable in a few years.
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It has a portable zip, with no install required. Yay!
(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.bitmessage.org/Main_Page
A secure communications tool which sends messages through a network of users which it doesn’t need to trust.
It can be thought of like Tor for email.
TODO – add additional notes
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https://www.ecryptfs.org/
A cryptographic filesystem.
A fantastic concept and program which I used heavily for a long time across multiple Linux distributions.
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Be aware that attacks on people, hardware and implementation are the go-to methods for defeating encryption. Some points:
- A legal or physical threat, lies and other social engineering.
- A hardware or software keylogger. Are you typing your password on a keyboard and computer you control?
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eCryptfs-mount.sh is my helper script.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=vector
was vectorlinux.com
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Abandoned
- As of 2021-03-21 the last release was 2017-08-28, it is listed as dormant on distrowatch and the forum is gone.
Internet > Remote controlling software >
SSH being enabled is also known as having “shell access” enabled. It’s generally considered a risk for various reasons, most notably because runaway processes can be an issue.
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Secure Shell
