Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg server

Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by anthk on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @03:47PM (#38451082)

Xenocara works right under OpenBSD and HyperBola GNU/Linux. It works on legacy devices and newer ones. Security? Use separate accounts for work and entertainment. Don't run untrusted crap. If any, use an UXterm with the keyboard locking option in the menus and do the sensitive stuff there.

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by WesolyKubeczek on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:02PM (#38451260)

> Use separate accounts for work and entertainment.

Doesn't quite save you if one of your work programs secretly siphons all your clipboard contents away to a third party. This is why we can't have nice things.

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by foul on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:32PM (#38452374)

You're thinking too much in the realm of user-friendly. Of course on openBSD you would enclose work programs in a xephyr and an ad hoc rdomain, or connect a xephyr to a vmm's Xenocara with its own tap device. Xephyrs don't share clipboard per default.

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by anthk on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:02PM (#38452805)

Also XTerm (UXTerm too) has a flag to lock the keyboard and mouse input to that XTerm and nothing can read or snoop that.

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