Minimising data leakage using Zoom on Mint

Wife needs to use Zoom for work (not negotiable), I can load the app on a Linux laptop or I can run up a VM and sandbox it into that (not preferred it's not a fast laptop). How much exposure do I have / in what way is it known to collect data on Linux ? I'm going to run it up in a sandbox on my main machine and play but I'm by no means an expert in security.

Known mitigations: I'll put on a VPN connection, won't login with facebook (won't create an account at all if that info is correct), anything else I need to do ?

Thanks for any help

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Nuegia Webbrowser: rebuild of Pale Moon removing anti-features and non-free branding
https://git.nuegia.net/webbrowser.git/

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Deno 1.0 release is planned for May 13, 2020
https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/2473

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To clone or not to clone...

I'm running with 2 hard drives at the moment. One drive has everything BUT my /home folder and the other has only my /home folder. My new hdd I'm going to be putting the /home stuff there because it's a much larger drive.

My original plan was to clone it from the old drive to the new one. But I was thinking earlier today I might be able to just copy everything from the /home drive to the new drive.

I figured the best place to ask would be here.

I'm running Gnome on Arch Linux.

Any insight would be appreciated.

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Created a noscript to convert a stock Ubuntu 18.04/20.04 install into a macOS-like environment. Complete with themes and hotkey remapping!
https://github.com/Jonchun/ubuntu2macOS

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More notes on Red Star OS 3.0
https://richardg867.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/more-notes-on-red-star-os-3-0/

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KYFM v1.3 Released
https://github.com/KisuYami/kyfm/releases

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OpenWRT code-execution bug puts millions of devices at risk
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/

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HACKERS and HOSPITALS: How you can help
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/hackers-and-hospitals-how-you-can-help

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Abusing Root Privilege

Hi, this is more of an ethics question I suppose:

I got impatient about something and needed to modify data held in someone else's account, so I used my root privilege to do it myself instead of waiting. Now I feel like I did something slimy... is this considered bad form?

Note : I did not look at any of the files, just used \`\`\`mv\`\`\`

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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - April 01, 2020

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

Ask your hardware requests here too or try r/linuxhardware!

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USB ISO Freezing

I'm testing out Ubuntu on my laptop through a live USB. So far my only issue is the system freezes. If I open more than 4-5 firefox tabs, I lock up. If I have 2 tabs and a few notepad files open I freeze.

Is there anyway to tell if this is simply because I'm running from the USB?

Is there a better option for me than Ubuntu maybe, I'm trying to reclaim an older laptop with lower specs.

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Gnuplot output difference between st and xterm

I use st as my daily terminal and I want to get gnuplot to work in it like xterm. In xterm you can do `set term xterm` and gnuplot will graph in tektronix. However, when I do the same in st, the output is just some random characters instead of a graph.

[In xterm](https://preview.redd.it/78jbtapqo4q41.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=d0ec0fa6c4a5f2e25e8c11330146ff76d6d0ce25)

[In st](https://preview.redd.it/5y34qa4to4q41.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=1503b5c353a507c28385011762b0024c897b767d)

Whats the difference between st and xterm in this sense and why does gnuplot `set term xterm` graphing only work in xterm? Is there any way to get around this?

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LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullsh*t
http://librespeed.org/

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Announcing KNOME.
https://redd.it/fsvjjf
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Let us join hands to bring #KDE and #GNOME together! Gnome and kdecommunity deepen their commitment to work together and unveil #KNOME, a new desktop that brings users the best of both worlds.
https://knome.org

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Vim³ - Vim rendered on a cube for no reason
https://github.com/oakes/vim_cubed

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kmon: Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor
https://redd.it/fsw7oc
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Slackware 15.0 is finally released!

APRIL FOOLS! Slackware is still dead.

Seriously though, it's been way too long since the last release (14.2 on 2016/07/01). A lot of hardcore fans at linuxquestions.org don't care, but it's beginning to be a nightmare installing new programs now. My experience has been the following 3 choices:

Vanilla 14.2: Keep an outdated system, but SBo generally works fine.

Patched 14.2: Slightly more up-to-date, but there may be issues with SBo.

Slackware64-current: Up-to-date, but SBo is hardly reliable. Also turns Slackware into a rolling release distribution.

Not only that, but because the installation media is so old now, it may be an issue installing Slackware on new machines now due to unsupported hardware in the 4.4.x series kernel. At this point, even NetBSD ("the abandoned BSD") has more official releases now and is beginning to gain a lot of traction along with Haiku OS. For those of you who ditched Slackware for another similar distribution, which one did you switch to?

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COVID-19 Tracker CLI v3 is out! A curl-based and local command line tracker for coronavirus. Join our official discord warengonza.ga/TtYvZ34 and visit official repo warengonza.ga/covid19-tracker-cli-repo. curl -L covid19.trackercli.com/help
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I found this sd-card reader shaped like the gnome logo, just installed XFCE on it
https://redd.it/fszygi
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