I currently use TinyWall Firewall, it works very well, it’s small/portable, no complaints I even donated to the Dev but I would really prefer open source, also it needs to be user friendly like TinyWall so my non-tech family members can/will use it like they do with TinyWall.
Said like a person that doesn’t want to “argue till the end of the universe”. Maybe just take the hint once there’s multiple people trying to politely tell you the same thing? Prove that you’re not just good at fortifying the walls around your bubble. Criticism is rarely meant to attack us. Nobody is accusing you of a crime. I know it’s hard to take that step back from one’s own perspective.
Again, just because something works for you doesn’t mean you have to be evangelical about it. Don’t try to be the “I use arch btw” meme for real.
Yes, I like to argue. But it takes two to tango. If you don’t like to participate, just stop replying to me - as simple as that. :)
And please tell me, when was I ever evangelical in this comment thread/comment chain? Please quote the exact statement(s) I used that shows evidence I was trying to be evangelical in this chain.
Look. You can’t have it both ways. You can either be the “i use arch (and so should everybody else) btw” guy or you can be dumbfounded by people accusing you of being the “i use arch (and so should everybody else) btw” guy. If you do both (in succession I guess) you’re just a parody of your own pro-FOSS message.
I know I’m probably opening another can of worms by saying this but I’m an absolute privacy advocate. And guess what? I use multiple Windows-installations as part of my day-to-day. Yes I do want that number to migrate towards zero but so far, especially when it comes to laptops (and more so laptops with multiple GPUs) I just never saw any appeal in crippling my own experience just for the sake of subjective “freedom”.
So now imagine a person like me trying to look for help setting up a Pi-hole installation for the sake of privacy. In comes the evangelical “If you actually truly care about your privacy, why are you using Windows?” Sound familiar? How about helpful (in terms of getting someone closer to a Pi-hole installation)?
When did I do both? Please quote or link the exact messages as evidence.
You also keep associating the term “evangelical” with me, without citing any evidence.
Also, your privacy example isn’t quite the same here, since you absolutely can have privacy with Windows - just block all Microsoft domains, use a decent firewall/PiHole/adblock/DNS etc. Or just soft air-gap Windows, allowing only selective traffic to pass thru a manually-configured per-app proxy gateway.
On the other hand, someone asking for FOSS apps and claiming they prefer FOSS, whilst still using Windows, is ironic.
Ah so elitism again. People may only value healthy food (as per your own example) if they never ever step inside a McDonald’s. Correct?
If you want I can give you evidence of how a self-righteous person would start a long-winded defense of their own recklessness:
That’s what they call absolution. You almost made it to the finish-line but then decided to stay in your bubble where everything’s cozy. Point being that had you made it, there would still have been no contribution on your part (which really is the only thing people reach out to communities for when they have a question) but at least the story-arc would’ve had a somewhat wholesome conclusion. We live and we grow. (Some of us at least.)
However since you didn’t break any rules (which no one accused you of) why bother with trying to help or having a spine when others point out one’s recklessness? Right? Rules and laws must be the only bar that needs clearing in human interaction.