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  • To expand on the container/vm idea, for someone that’s never done such a thing before, installing whatever OS u want (windows or other) in virtual box then setting the network get internet only from the vpn would be a very secure but not all that hard to do.

    The easiest way for a beginner would however be to use a VPN that have its own software with built in kill switch, then you select whatever program you want killed if the vpn goes down, and it just exits that program. (If your paranoid research DNS leaks first)




  • They don’t need to cancel each other out.

    Lazy loading usually means to load the image at a lesser quality to have something to show the user very fast, so yes technically this can be called opposite of pre loading if used solo.

    Pre loading in this instance usually means loading before the user sees the image.

    These 2 things can be used together, an example could be to lazy load images at a low quality that are further down the feed before you scroll to them, and load the full image as you get closer to it/have it show on the screen.

    But I’m sure the devs knows about thease tricks already








  • Old Thinkpads make great Linux laptops with almost all models having all drivers working out of the box. Any model sufficiently new will work much better than any new laptop in the same price category. They also have great ports, replaceble batteries, screen, keyboards, ram, ssd and so on. I have a X250 and my wife have an T440s.

    Buy anything newer then this (40 is my recommended minimum) if u want to use them as daily driver:

    X440 (the smaller 13 inch laptops start with X)

    T440 (14 inch, top of the class performance vs sleekness)

    L440 (14 inch, don’t know what’s special here)

    W540 (15 inch, workstation)

    Some models can end with an S or P, example T440S. S models are thinner, P models are more powerful.

    Just search your local marketplaces for “ThinkPad” then look for a picture of the screen and you will see the model number in the bottom left corner. ThinkPads have a red nob on the keyboard, so if the picture don’t have a nob, you can flick past it quicker 😉

    You can even get one with the wrong keyboard layout and just replace it, they have so many replacement parts on ebay you can build one from scratch if you wanted. I replaced my keyboard to get backlighting and my screen to get 1920*1080 on a x250 I got for about 125 Dollar.

    PS: don’t get a E variant, they are the budget variants with way worse build quality.

    Edit: formatting