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MacOS sometimes leaks traffic after system updates

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400 points dulvui | 9 comments | 16 Oct 24 08:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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pt_PT_guy[dead post] ◴[16 Oct 24 10:03 UTC] No.41857348[source]▶
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threeseed ◴[16 Oct 24 10:10 UTC] No.41857390[source]▶
Well pack it up boys, Linux on the desktop is finally ready.
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gtvwill ◴[16 Oct 24 10:18 UTC] No.41857425[source]▶
Linux on desktop has been ready for years now, it absolutely shreds apple and microsofts offerings, ubuntu desktop is about as schmick as it gets regardless of your views of the parent company.

Mac on the other hand is an absolute nightmare to administer for clients. Same with their phones. Printing from web browser on a Mac? Completely broken. Have to save everything to desktop and open it from there. It's an absolute joke. Wanna use your 7 year old Mac to browse the web? Oh wait you can't because the os blocks it. Legit joke of a product.

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1. sureIy ◴[16 Oct 24 10:30 UTC] No.41857507[source]▶
Can I ctrl-paste the contents of my phone's clipboard onto my Linux computer? How many hours would that take to set up? Because that works out of the box with Macs and iPhones. Pretty useful daily.
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2. lionkor ◴[16 Oct 24 10:35 UTC] No.41857547[source]▶
Kde connect works fine most of the time to share clipboard, send files, etc
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3. rand0mx1 ◴[16 Oct 24 10:38 UTC] No.41857563[source]▶
It's quite easy with kdeconnect.
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4. gtvwill ◴[16 Oct 24 10:54 UTC] No.41857649[source]▶
Yeah that's been easy for a few years now. Kdeconnect works great/it's been available on Linux since well before windows got it.
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5. slicedbrandy ◴[16 Oct 24 10:55 UTC] No.41857664[source]▶
I had a look into KDE connect out of interest, but found it to be quite lacking in functionality for iOS. The limitations likely stem from Apple's locked down approach to their OS and security, but the limitations remain.

https://userbase.kde.org/KDEConnect#Missing_or_limited_featu...

6. gear54rus ◴[16 Oct 24 11:22 UTC] No.41857840[source]▶
Except it requires VPN when not on the same LAN for some reason...
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7. sureIy ◴[16 Oct 24 12:28 UTC] No.41858306[source]▶
I don't trust the definition of "easy" from a Linux man. For me easy means logging into my iCloud account and having it work by default.
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8. aniviacat ◴[16 Oct 24 12:53 UTC] No.41858521{3}[source]▶
It's even easier than that; you don't even have to setup an account.

When your devices are on the same network, you can just request pairing on one device and accept pairing on the other. Done.

9. BenjiWiebe ◴[17 Oct 24 02:28 UTC] No.41865862{3}[source]▶
How should it work? Send everything through a central server? Try to hole-punch through NAT? Ubiquitous IPv6 might help, but we're not there yet.