overview for ObsidianBreaks

1

Guardian Security/Defense editor inadvertently discloses UK govt. war bias (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ObsidianBreaks@lemmy.ml to c/politics@lemmy.world

0 comments fedilink

I've edited the title of this article. I still believe that the UK govt. is planning for war and that the talking up of war by the Guardian defense editor, Dan Sabbagh, is an indicator of this.

Hello, over the past couple of months I've been watching the coverage by the Guardian UK relating to security and defence. Since they should be a left-leaning newspaper and not in favour of supporting the current right-wing government, I would not expect the paper to be releasing articles which are either right-leaning or nationalistic. From looking at the articles the Guardian has published, I have identified a bias which favours the currently right wing government or favours a nationalistic stance. For example, if one were to look at the current defence editor, Dan Sabbagh's articles, it is clear that military recruitment, and a lead up to war are some of the most recent articles that he has authored as well as another article which seems to suggest that military spending should increase.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dan-sabbagh

I'd expect this sort of war preparation speech from the likes of the Daily Mail but from the Guardian? Because of this, I think we can assume two terrible things. One, that the possibility of war will significantly increase between the United Kingdom and some other nation in the foreseeable period. Two, that the current British press is significantly affected by pro-government bias, and may not be 'free' to disclose it's stories in the same way that it used to after for example, the Snowden disclosures. Either way, a dystopian future might await us. What is Lemmy's thoughts on the matter?

help: can I move CLI tools through a usb drive ? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] ObsidianBreaks@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why not use a live ISO version of something and boot it from a USB, if you need a full set of network troubleshooting tools, the Kali Linux Everything ISO for example will definitely have everything.

Preparing to move from Ubuntu to Fedora in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] ObsidianBreaks@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Plan sounds alright. A couple of notes.

Don't forget your passwords and bookmarks stored in browser when doing the copy over.
Personally, I'd use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) because it's a default option on the Fedora installer and is more secure, and well-tested, and easier to configure.
For your planned installables, I'd keep a list of apps you regularly install in a file somewhere (even better would be a script which installs them all) then when you distro-hop it's easier as you can just change your script for whatever package manager.
Some of your apps will store their configuration in your home directory in a dot file, you might be able to copy these over one-by-one for each app.
Have you decided on Fedora Workstation or Fedora Silverblue? Each have their merits and demerits, and its worth investigating.

New to Linux, have a few questions in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] ObsidianBreaks@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you have a spare solid state drive or a portable HDD (most USB sticks are a bit too slow for a proper install), maybe install a Linux distribution onto that portable device, then you can just boot from that, then you only need to boot switch in Bios to Windows when you need to use it again. This has the advantage of you not needing to setup a complicated dual boot setup. When you are settled in with Linux, open your drive where Windows is located from Linux, copy your files over (don't forget your bookmarks and saved passwords) and then you can clone your linux install from your portable drive over your old Windows install using a tool such as dd.