Known issues and limitations

Currently, Intel x86_64 is the only supported host platform.
    AMD will most likely work too but is considered experimental at the moment.
Linux is required as a host operating system for building and running VirtualBox KVM.
Starting with Intel Tiger Lake (11th Gen Core processors) or newer, split lock detection must be turned off in the host system. This can be achieved using the Linux kernel command line parameter split_lock_detect=off or using the split_lock_mitigate sysctl.

Source: https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm

Docker can be run in rootless mode[1]. Ideally that should be the standard mode unless you have specific requirements not satisfied by rootless mode.

[1] https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/rootless/

In most cases, work laptops have software(s) installed to automatically keep track of these activities, and flag it to security team of your organization. At that point, it will either lead to a formal warning to you, or termination/forced resignation.

From organization point of view, this is to avoid any accidental (or intentional) leak of confidential data, and/or accidentally (or intentionally) infecting your (work) system with malware/ransomware.

The latter had happened in one of my previous organizations, and the person responsible was terminated from job immediately.

True, but till the transition completes (if it ever), these privacy frontends are quite handy tool to view content of those services.

I heavily use LibReddit to follow certain Subreddits, although I now mostly frequent Lemmy.

Same as that happened to Bibliogram earlier – a cat-n-mouse game between Dev and API owner.

Are the latest generation (11th onwards) of Intel CPUs still affected by any of these two vulnerabilities?

Not just MS Team, but the whole MS ecosystem.

I actually own a steam deck and I never had any major issues with it, so my only conclusion is that this time it’s the fault of either linux mint

Isn’t Steam Deck use AMD and not NVIDIA? Btw, playing CS:GO2 on Nvidia 3070 Ti on Linux desktop using driver version 545 doesn’t give me a major issue so far.

The post is about Nextcloud self-hosted file storage as an open source replacement for One Drive which is deeply integrated with MS Teams. For those, who can’t replace MS Teams with FOSS equivalent for whatever reason, can at least stop relying on One Drive for file storage solution.

And, for your information, Nextcloud does offer 1:1 and group chat solution[1], which is an open source replacement for MS Teams.

[1] https://nextcloud.com/talk/

You are essentially sharing a file link via MS Teams.

Instead of keeping the actual file on OneDrive, it is hosted on your own (Nextcloud) server. Sorry but how it leads to privacy issue?

Nextcloud[1] is an open source and self-hostable SaaS product.

Instead of using OneDrive and Google Drive (and similar proprietary solutions), Nextcloud is a better solution from Privacy POV, IMO.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextcloud

• Nvidia proprietary driver

• Docker Engine (Portainer, AdGuardHome, LibReddit, Nitter, Invidious)

• Install and tweak Firefox setup

• Steam Client

• Gnome extensions

• Gnome Shell Theme and Icon themes

• Nextcloud Client

M$SUCKS

And, here come typical response -

telecom operators have informally shared with the department that the leaked information claimed in the ClouSEK report seems to be a compilation of old data sets of telecom subscribers and it is not due to any vulnerability in their system."

Source: https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/cybersecurity-firm-claims-data-leak-of-750-million-telecom-users-dot-asks-telcos-for-security-audit/107244949

Yes https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-docs.aspx#docs-community

Here is my understanding of it -

Currently, TB uses POP3/IMAP protocol to access your Mailbox on Exchange Server.

Ideally, it should be done via MS EWS Web API [1][2] which TB currently doesn’t support, but MS Office Outlook does.

Given that MS Exchange is heavily used in corporate/company setup, it[3] will put TB on par with Outlook in that regard.

[1] https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/definition/Exchange-Web-Services-EWS

[2] https://www.envisionup.com/blog/pop3-imap-microsoft-exchange-email-platform-use/

[3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1847846

My monitor is old, doesn’t support VRR 😕

If you are using Arch, it can be enabled (though it’s still experimental) [1]

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variable_refresh_rate#GNOME

I believe it’s actually a Mutter thing [1]

[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/1154

Quality control is important for a project that is going to be supported for long time, and used by many. Slow but steady is a right approach for open source project, IMO.