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Element is able to use features called “Integration Manager” and “Identity Server”. When using an Identity Server, you can choose to link name, email, and phone number to your Matrix account. When using an Integration Manager, there’s a feature to share your location with others in chat.
As such, Vector discloses that they “collect this information”, although (except some diagnostics), this is completely optional.
(I am not associated with Vector, just interested in Matrix)
Although “custom Windows ISOs” are a big security risk, AtlasOS isn’t a “custom ISO” and running a random binary off some guy on YouTube is arguably just as bad. He has next to no knowledge of Linux, neither do any other “Linux YouTubers”. Trusting someone like that with your Linux machine is risky at best.
Lets go through the summary and see if anything is wrong or misleading:
Linutil is a distro-agnostic toolbox designed to simplify everyday Linux tasks. It helps you set up applications and optimize your system for specific use cases. The utility is actively developed in Rust 🦀, providing performance and reliability.
- It is not distro agnostic. There is Arch and Fedora specific code, which are not separated into modules, but part of other scripts. Outside of the package manager, it also relies heavily on systemd.
- Installing “Diablo II Resurrected loot filters” is not an “everyday task”. A lot of other scripts are similar, very specific, “one time use” things, not “everyday tasks”.
- helps you set up applications, maybe, but only if you count running
sudo pacman -S networkmanager
as “helping”, even when it ignores existing network configuration. - “optimize your system for specific use cases”, it does nothing of the sort. There’s no kernel parameter tweaking, no other cpu scheduler, no IO options being changed, or anything remotely similar.
- “The utility is actively developed in Rust” except for the ~70% that is shell scripts. (according to GitHub)
- “Providing performance and reliability”, which is not something that’s determined by the programming language.
So lets revise the short description, to exclude any incorrect/misleading statements:
Linutil is a toolbox. The utility is actively developed.
Alongside all that, the “installation instructions” include the biggest sin of all:
curl -fsSL https://christitus.com/linux | sh
TL;DR Never trust Chris Titus, or any “Linux YouTuber”, with your Linux machine. They do not know what the hell they’re doing.
mount -o remount,ro /
Louis Rossman’s video describes his behavior in public spaces accurately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0