Toolbox, Brave, Chrome-Installer, Firewall, sshguard, ect

[mathlabse]

Hello. Some questions:

Is it now possible to install various containerized applications via toolbox?

toolbox create
toolbox enter
sudo apt install x
logout
toolbux run x

That would lift your restrictions. If this is possible, does a browser now also run in/out of toolbox?

Is there a sshguard Flatpak or are there other ways to install sshguard?

Can ufw be installed (although there is no Flatpak for it)? Or do I have to bother with iptables & Co. ?

Is the Google Chrome installer loop fixed now?

How to deactivate/block your (and Google, Facebook, ect.) telemetry completely? You can have my machine-id and “count” - that’s all a Linux distro is entitled to. In a perfect world.

ThX.

[wjt]

@mathlabse

Is it now possible to install various containerized applications via toolbox?

toolbox create
toolbox enter
sudo apt install x
logout
toolbux run x

Yes.

If this is possible, does a browser now also run in/out of toolbox?

I don’t know – I suggest trying it.

Is there a sshguard Flatpak or are there other ways to install sshguard?

Can ufw be installed (although there is no Flatpak for it)?

You could probably do this by running a container as root, but I haven’t tried it.

Is the Google Chrome installer loop fixed now?

I was not able to reproduce this.

How to deactivate/block your (and Google, Facebook, ect.) telemetry completely ? You can have my machine-id and “count” - that’s all a Linux distro is entitled to. In a perfect world.

• Settings → Privacy → Metrics → Off
  • If you don’t trust that this is doing what it says it is, systemctl mask --now eos-metrics-event-recorder.service
• Settings → Privacy → Location → Off (if you don’t want apps that want location to be able to query Mozilla Location Service)
• Google – whatever you usually do; don’t configure a Google account in Online Accounts
• Facebook – ditto

[mathlabse]

wow, thx @wjt, very honest & clear explanation. i will try endless again. your approach is too beautiful ( … not to try it out).

sinc. m.

[mathlabse]

1. nope: sudo apt xy. you’re debian based but & toolbox = sudo dnf xy (= fedora as we know it).
2. toolbox & browser (for example brave) = nope.
3. google-chrome-installer = background process = google-chrome-loop. i guess, you can reproduce this very easy.

all the best for the future.

[cho2]

If this is possible, does a browser now also run in/out of toolbox?

This is an example. I installed Tilix and Opera from Toolbox. Opera run inside Toolbox.