I got stuck with Terra atm. Bazzite shows that terra-release is indeed installed, yet doesn’t seem to check the repo when installing packages. And, predictably, fails to install either Nekoray or Throne through rpm-ostree install throne

Assuming it is disabled (as happened in https://github.com/ublueos/bazzite/issues/2580), I wanted to reenable it, but didn’t find any command to do this in rpm-ostree help.

Attempting dnf5 install throne --enable-repo=terra predictably didn’t work as it’s an immutable system.

Any ideas or help here? Your help is much appreciated.

Nekoray in particular doesn’t have .rpm, so I used the universal executable (NOT the AppImage which doesn’t have TUN capability). With TUN mode enabled, it shows outbound and inbound connections trying to be established, and exchanges of up to 300 singular bytes per second. Needless to say, no Internet resources work. The second I close the connection, everything gets back to normal.

V2RayN does have rpm and can be installed using rpm-ostree, but enabling TUN and subsequent connection attempt lead to the following log messages appear (<fields> censored):

<date> <time> from <local IP> accepted <external IP> [proxy-relay-<protocol> -> proxy] <timezone> <date> <time> ERROR [<something> <ping>] dns: exchange failed for <URL>. IN A: EOF

Same continues for every connection attempt. No actual connection is established.

Didn’t figure out how to add subscription lists (if it’s possible at all), so didn’t research further, as this feature is crucial for my use case. Looks like I’ll have to try it again.

Sure, but it is way more convenient for many to tap the phone, and when there’s demand, there must be the supply.

After all, making privacy and security convenient is the number 1 issue in the adoption of good practices by regular users.

I think it’s rather about NFC-powered (i.e. “tap your phone”) payments. These are automatic, which comes with different security issues.

And yet, Russians will still rather fire up a VPN to use Telegram than using the state-sponsored MAX. Moreover, one of the most vocal groups denouncing what Russia does to Telegram are soldiers in Ukraine, which the government usually relies on for support and which define Russian government legitimacy.

Tor is relatively slow and bridges are regularly blocked. It’s a high-effort, low-bandwith option, so most people still prefer more traditional VPNs.

As before, keep on coming up with more sophisticated ways to trick the automatic detection.

Russia got extremely good at deep packet inspection and determining all sorts of protocols.

Most existing protocols are now blocked for connections outside the country

Via bridges, yes

Any drawbacks? Positive change on all sides!

Sure, but I can’t single-handedly create an entire knowledge base on doing everything with X, so it’s a real and big limitation.

I’d say the main bad part of systemd is how it’s used and now expected everywhere.

If you search for some Linux guides or install something complicated or whatnot, they always expect you to have systemd. Otherwise, you’re on your own figuring how things work on your system.

This shouldn’t really happen. Otherwise, yes, it’s great, it integrates neatly, and is least pain to use.