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Cake day: August 28th, 2025
  • CodenameDarlen@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•My digital minimalism philosophy
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    11 days ago

    I think you’re very well when it comes to privacy, but that’s not mininalism, finding private alternatives is different from digital minimalism.

    To me, digital minimalism would be: Go from a note pad app to a physical note book.

    While what you’re doing is going from a note pad app to a more privacy friendly digital app.

    I agree with the digital minimalism tho, I think the less we depend on cloud the less we have to worry about.

  • CodenameDarlen@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•My Privacy Setup v2
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    13 days ago

    I don’t like the idea of paying too much for privacy, I fear this might be one more of capitalism ideas, creating the problem and offering you the solution.

    So my privacy journey is limited:

    • Listen to all songs downloaded offline
    • Use VSCodium for coding (VSCode without telemetry)
    • Lineage on Android
    • Arch on PC, Windows 10 IoT LTSC (with debloat scripts, no linked account) for games
    • LibreWolf on PC and IronFox on Android, both with LibRedirect enabled for all sites and uBO
    • DNSNet on Android to block trackers system-wide, I also like to see which url is trying to track me
    • All apps are mostly Lineage or AOSP native, Files, Calculator, Messages, Contacts etc…
    • Use pCloud for backup with encrypted files (using GPG, not pCloud encryption, I send them encrypted)
    • I use Lemmy and Invidious for entertainment
    • Tuta as primary email and Proton as secondary

    I think this is the main stuff, as I said, I try to avoid making new accounts, accessing new websites frequently, I’m going the opposite way and trying to de-tech as much as possible. Less digital accounts, less things to worry about.

    I became less dependent of fancy things, a few time ago I couldn’t use YouTube without the app installed, which is very convenient, now I just use Invidious in browser.

  • CodenameDarlen@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Windows 10 End Of Life - Your Story
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    22 days ago

    I’m still using Windows on dual-boot with Arch because of games, that’s the only reason. I’ve Windows 10 LTSC IoT, which is the most debloated version available, plus I ran a debloater script, so the OS is basically raw now, no Microsoft account linked.

    Unfortunately Windows still gets more performance, at least on my experience, I’ve a Laptop 16GB RAM, Hybrid GPU (GeForce 1650 4VRAM + AMD).

    I’m still not prepared to give up from this little extra performance just to switch to Linux, it really makes a difference, and I pass the whole day dealing with Linux so at the end of the day I just want to boot into something that just works without major tweaks.

    I know it’s not Linux fault, but most games are made to run better on Windows. If and when W10 become unusable, I’ll switch to 100% Linux without any doubt, it’s my last Windows.