magguzu

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  An EXE is a Windows app. This is like asking if you can run an iOS app on Android.

  That said yes with Wine but that’s a compatibility layer you should be avoiding as much as possible. Games are of course the big exception here, as Proton uses Wine.

  Most apps have an open source alternative on Linux. I haven’t even given it much thought in years. YMMV of course as people’s needs differ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but fingerprinting is effective by cross referencing.

  There are 1,000 people with the IP 1.2.3.4

  There are 500 people with the IP 1.2.3.4 using Firefox

  There are 25 people with the IP 1.2.3.4 using Firefox with a 1440p screen

  There are 2 people with the IP 1.2.3.4 using Firefox with the dark reader extension with a 1440p screen at 75Hz

  etc.

  So rotating the IP can screw with that.