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Is Safing Portmaster better than the distro simple firewall e.g. UFW?

They're both internet security software, but they work in different ways. A firewall is meant to prevent unwanted connections to your computer, while Safing Portmaster allows you to monitor connections to your machine so that ...

I use a VirtualBox VM to run a Live ISO which adds a further level of NAT

I've heard of people running their computers in a virtual machine for privacy. I assumed that the benefit of using a virtual machine had to do with insulating your computer from attacks, but it sounds like it adds an extra ...

@onion_rings Check this out! I haven't tried it yet, but it seems very promising! Supposed to be better than using a VPN.

Main site: https://safing.io/ VPN Alternative Page: https://safing.io/spn/

Also, Firetools is a good complimentary program and you could try using Whonix or Qubes OS on one ...

Okay, well, now I can open MX Package Installer again. So... Maybe I managed to install the necessary files after all?

Ok I apparently screwed up a policykit file for an unrelated application and its causing a conflict. I'll push another update.

installing the disk-manager in the linked zip file should make the problem go away.

disk-manager_23.04.03


I attempted to install the file that you linked, using ...

j2mcgreg wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:56 pm Can you open Synaptic Package Manager instead? Main menu --> System --> Synaptic

Yes, Synaptic still opens.

I just installed Private Internet Access VPN. After that, synaptic package manager alerted me about a system update, so I ran the update: It only updated four files. But now I can't open MX package installer. I rebooted the computer a couple of times but that didn't help. What gives? Is it the ...

I enabled "strict" mode in Firefox and added uBlock origin. I'm going to set up a VPN. VPN + firewall should be a good combination, therefore I won't need to use TOR.

And, of course, using strong passwords on the accounts I create and not releasing personal information about myself that could be ...

Wear a false face disguise like in Mission Impossible and take your laptop to random public wi-fi hotspots, never for longer than half an hour, and never the same one twice. Always keep moving, you are a ghost now.

Also burn off your fingerprints with acid, and wipe down your seat with bleach ...

You are very safe by default. After that, you may make yourself vulnerable by your changes from default settings or use of unsafe practices and unsafe software.


You raise a good point here. I think it will help that I am using this laptop for blogging and related social media only, therefore I ...