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No soy muy de presumir cifras de descargas, pero es que me siento orgulloso de mis creaciones :BigBlobhajHug:

Ya hace una semana que #EntroPipes fue publicado en #PortMaster y en el momento de publicar este toot lleva 159 descargas, lo cual es una buena cifra, y más cuando en Itch en los años que lleva publicado, tanto la última versión, como las anteriores, son 170 y algo.

Además mañana #Ticoban cumplirá 2 meses también en PortMaster y lleva ya 219, aunque no tengo a mano las cifras en Itch

Tras varias pruebas, 3 de mis juegos, Ticoban, Hallomatch y X-masmatch, corren perfectamente en la #RS36S gracias a #PortMaster, el cual desde hace unas semanas da soporte a #pyxel por lo que solo me tengo que preocupar de que estén todos los archivos necesarios, si bien los 2 últimos juegos no están en resolución 4:3 y tengo espacios arriba y abajo, así que quizás cambie la resolución de los juegos.

Espero decir pronto que ya están disponibles a través de PortMaster

I currently run @safing's in 'Block by default' mode for . But I'm getting frustrated by constantly having to check the logs and allowing individual domains when I install a new app. Or I end up just allowing an app as a whole in order to avoid this.

Is there any benefit in configuring Portmaster to 'Allow by default' in a set-and-forget kind of way? (I don't want to be tweaking it all the time) Or, since I also run , is there no real need for Portmaster?

Looks like the open-source application firewall Portmaster has been acquired by the VPN provider IVPN.

I have tried out Portmaster in the past, it worked quite well. It is GPL licensed and will hopefully stay that way. But in my experience, an acquisition of a widely used open-source tool usually leads to a non-foss license change down the line, let's hope that doesn't happen here... there are no indicators of that happening other than my own cynicism. But my cynicism has been well-fed over the last years by corporations acquiring and enshittifying previously open-source projects. Maybe IVPN is different, I know nothing about them.

safing.io/blog/2024/12/03/a-ne

safing.ioSafing Joins Forces with IVPN: A New Chapter BeginsPortmaster is a free and open-source application that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections. Increase your privacy and security. Get peace of mind.

#Safing, developers of Portmaster (open-source application #firewall) and SPN (Safing Privacy Network) have been friendly acquired by #IVPN.

"This decision comes after months of collaboration and careful consideration, and we believe it will bring significant benefits to our users and the privacy community as a whole."

"...no unexpected changes:
* #Portmaster and #SPN will remain open source.
* IVPN is committed to maintaining and improving the software and services you rely on.
* IVPN has no plans to change the business model, pricing, or policies in ways that would present a disadvantage."

safing.io/blog/2024/12/03/a-ne

safing.ioSafing Joins Forces with IVPN: A New Chapter BeginsPortmaster is a free and open-source application that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections. Increase your privacy and security. Get peace of mind.
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@thomasadam It's certainly better than #portmaster (which should really die together with other legacy ports management tools, IMHO), and it does "the right thing" (isolated builds).

But with all the recent improvements to #poudriere (ability to fetch matching binary packages, and, more recently, a new dependency resolver analyzing actual shared library dependencies), how is it still better than poudriere? Is there really anything left? 🤔

I use in 'block' mode, so all apps and connections are blocked from accessing the internet by default. I outright allow some apps (like my browser), but leave others blocked and only whitelist certain domains they can access.

is one of these. I allow only the absolutely necessary domains for it to work; everything else is blocked.

I love seeing how much is actually blocked compared to what's allowed. And it still works!