allenskd
Active Member
Hey guys,
Its been a while. I hope everything's been peachy on your end. I have more or less abstracted myself from communities and stuff like that, and I'm doing more development and studying hard because this guy right here writing right now only has 4 courses left to finish his bachelor's degree! Wooo!
(Ric Flair in case anyone wondering)
I've been away from linux land, sometimes I miss it. I've been wondering how's its been since Steam Machines and SteamOS launched. Any good news? Bad news? How is it doing? Are companies still continuing to support linux?
That aside... not sure about you but recently... well, today I decided to stop using google's gmail service. I just couldn't stop feeling uncomfortable about it and what it entails in terms of privacy. (Wrote a bit about it)
Two services that really called my attention were Posteo.de and FastMail. In terms of aesthetics and functionality (including support for 100 domain names) FastMail has the upper hand. Posteo.de didn't stop impressing me though, the lengths they go to protect your data and the transparency reports they post on their blogs are pretty darn great.
On the other hand I'm on a miss or hit hunt. I _desperately_ want to get my data off Dropbox. I settled with Sync.com which seems to compromise when it comes to privacy, then there's SpiderOak which.... didn't really impress me... and their 60-days trial of "free account" killed it for me. Do note that I don't mind paying for storage, I mean, I'm paying FastMail at the moment. It's just that I don't need anything beyond <2GB most of it will have encrypted containers from veracrypt from SSH keys I use on my server and other stuff.
All in all. Not sure if this tin foil hat looks good on me yet...
Its been a while. I hope everything's been peachy on your end. I have more or less abstracted myself from communities and stuff like that, and I'm doing more development and studying hard because this guy right here writing right now only has 4 courses left to finish his bachelor's degree! Wooo!

(Ric Flair in case anyone wondering)
I've been away from linux land, sometimes I miss it. I've been wondering how's its been since Steam Machines and SteamOS launched. Any good news? Bad news? How is it doing? Are companies still continuing to support linux?
That aside... not sure about you but recently... well, today I decided to stop using google's gmail service. I just couldn't stop feeling uncomfortable about it and what it entails in terms of privacy. (Wrote a bit about it)
Two services that really called my attention were Posteo.de and FastMail. In terms of aesthetics and functionality (including support for 100 domain names) FastMail has the upper hand. Posteo.de didn't stop impressing me though, the lengths they go to protect your data and the transparency reports they post on their blogs are pretty darn great.
On the other hand I'm on a miss or hit hunt. I _desperately_ want to get my data off Dropbox. I settled with Sync.com which seems to compromise when it comes to privacy, then there's SpiderOak which.... didn't really impress me... and their 60-days trial of "free account" killed it for me. Do note that I don't mind paying for storage, I mean, I'm paying FastMail at the moment. It's just that I don't need anything beyond <2GB most of it will have encrypted containers from veracrypt from SSH keys I use on my server and other stuff.
All in all. Not sure if this tin foil hat looks good on me yet...
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