Comments by "horus falcon" (@horusfalcon) on "Rob Braxman Tech" channel.

  1. Your topics are not always entertaining or easy to watch, but they are all fascinating, and strike at the core of what is wrong with the modern global internet. Thanks again.
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  2. "I don't believe in the no-win scenario." --James Tiberius Kirk. I served in the military during the Cold War, and, from where I saw it, things got very close to being "hot" more times than most would like. It is a miracle that we, as a species, have not thus far annihilated ourselves. Just offering a bit of perspective.
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  3. And now we know why Apple's hardware is so expensive: it takes overhead to do all this surveillance without a noticeable drop in phone performance. I've never been a fan of Apple gear (starting as far back as the Apple II - overpriced and under-powered). Thanks for bringing this to everyone, Rob. You do the human species a real service here.
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  4. You might give Linux a look. It has come a long way since 1996 when I started messing with it. I currently use PCLinuxOS, but that's just me. (I prefer my Linux systemd-free... and PCLinuxOS is easy to set up and configure for desktop/laptop use.)
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  5.  @TheRocco96  I get that, but dual-boot is always an option.
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  6. So true about not being forced to upgrade, but one should avoid 32-bit hardware for a more satisfying user experience. The CPU choices Rob is advocating here get around this limitation neatly without actually discussing it.
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  7. Don't know Joe Rogan from Adam's housecat, but this headline makes him sound quite the silly and superfluous person. Everyone has things they'd rather not share with everyone else, and Mr. Rogan should already be well aware of this.
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  8. 73, Mr. Braxman. This video came with certain risks. The key to all this is that platforms still only have the power we give them. You likely realize that on an instinctive level. You do the world a service presenting useful information. I've been with GMail for almost as long as that platform has existed. It, and Youtube, are my last attachments to MAGA-FT. I've been following your channel for a while now, and decided to subscribe today. I would be interested to hear your views on what Tim Berners-Lee is doing with Solid these days.
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  9. I have been a user of LibreOffice under Linux for several years now (about 2014?) I have written several highly structured documents with it, and find a very effective tool set.
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  10.  @DevilbyMoonlight  Dude, I'm an early-model Boomer. I wrote my first code in Forth on an IBM 1130 in 1977. I may have a different perspective than you do. I cut my teeth in the micro world with CP/M. Microsoft products from Applesoft BASIC, all the way through MS-DOS and WIndows 3.xx through 10 have been under my purview as a systems integrator and admin. I have had to repent long and hard for my many sins. I refuse to go any further with Windows for reasons relating to its business model, which involves, among other crimes, invasion of the privacy of its many millions of users without their knowledge or consent in many cases. Never mind their hoovering up of vast amounts of money from folks who shouldn't have to be paying every time they turn around for a decent operating system. I"ll grant you it wasn't as bad then as now, but it was still pretty bad, and it's getting steadily worse.
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  11. You have confirmed me in my steadfast refusal to use Facebook in any way. Thanks again.
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  12.  @petakarini7567  It's about more than just viruses and what a scam the anti-virus industry has become. The invasion of our privacy is the stock-in-trade of certain Big Tech giants: remember MAGA-FT?
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  13. I hear mention of Veracrypt, but would be interested in your take on Zulucrypt. (It is in the repositories for my favorite Linux distro - PCLinuxOS).
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  14.  @sotecluxan4221  There are several out there, usually depending on which desktop you're running. For XFCE, the default file manager is Thunar, which I don't really like. I use PCManFM. You might try that - lean, fast and simple.
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  15. Microsoft-free here since 2003. Multiple used Xeon-based Dell Precision workstations in the home. My daily driver is an i5-based Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M4600 with 4GB of RAM running PCLinuxOS (a distro that is free of systemd) using the XFCE lightweight desktop added to a standard KDE-based installation. This thing is a battlewagon of a laptop, with optical drive and a full HD 15.6 display with 8000:1 contrast ratio. Price? US $326.00 about eight years ago, and still going strong. The point I'm making is that there are myriad options out there for running Linux, depending on one's use case.
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  16. Search for Gibson Research Corporation.
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  17.  @amorphousblob2721  You might look into setting up tripwire...
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  18.  @hk07666  The Sysinternals tools are good stuff. Mark Russinovich, the creator of them, was working independently. When Microsoft employees started using his tools on a regular basis, Bill Gates offered him a fellowship to keep developing them. One of the smarter things Mr. Gates ever did.
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  19. I would be interested in hearing your take on some other browsers, say, Pale Moon, Flashpeak Slimjet, Iceweasel, etc.
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