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Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by accidue »

Avicebron wrote: post #58
forsalebypwner wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be curious to hear additional details if you can share - got a timeline, or somewhere I can enter my email address for updates? I'd love to alpha/beta test if you're looking for testers. I've been a GlassWire user for years, which partially fills the role of LS, but not very well. Aside from the many performance issues I've seen, it's missing a lot of LS essentials. To be fair, I think the focus of GlassWire is m…

It's a custom WFP driver. No timeline yet.. If you or I guess anyone is curious sereno[hyphen]alpha[dot]ramble[thenumberoftechn9ne'sfavoriterum]@passinbox.com

The irony of having to ask AI to figure that out… we’ve come full circle.

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by preisschild »

konart wrote: post #174
righthand wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean “how can I donate?” https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch?tab=readme-ov-file#...

So... what if the maker can't make it on donations only?

Then development will stop and users don't have the software anymore.

If users consider this software important they should donate so they can keep using it.

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by digg32 »

Will there ever be anything like Comodo Firewall's HIPS firewall on Linux [0]? I remember when firewalls like ZoneAlarm could detect keyboard hooks from keyloggers and such. Comodo Firewall has had this for over a decade, but unfortunately they are not free anymore. For how open Linux is, it surprises me you can't handle things apps are doing on an alert by alert basis, and not just network permissions. Firewalls used to detect DLL injections, apps creating script files to run, adding stuff to start up. Now it seems firewalls only means network detection.

[0] https://help.comodo.com/uploads/Comodo%20Internet%20Security...

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by rounce »

dainank wrote: post #175
cromka wrote: post #167

I know it sounds crazy at this point, but with popular YouTubers switching to Linux, gamers overall well-aware of Steam on Linux advantages and switching as well, plus popular software like LittleSnitch getting ported, 2026 can without irony be named as Year of Linux Desktop, right?

I think there is a lot of talk (and this is good), but very little action. Market share is still incredibly low for LNX. I believe only a small subset of people actually attempt the jump from WIN to LNX (since most just want to play their games and run their programs without hassle) and then quickly realize that its tougher than they anticipated and swiftly return to WIN.

What’s with the weird abbreviations?

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by aucisson_masque »

supernes wrote: post #165

Tried it on Fedora 43 (6.19.11 x86_64) and it loaded all CPU cores, dumped 50K lines in the journal and failed to start. > Error: the BPF_PROG_LOAD syscall returned Argument list too long (os error 7). > littlesnitch.service: Consumed 3min 38.832s CPU time, 13.7G memory peak.

Your average Linux experience.

And the second most upvoted comment is someone seriously asking if 2026 if the year of Linux desktop...

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by Latty »

aucisson_masque wrote: post #205
supernes wrote: post #165

Tried it on Fedora 43 (6.19.11 x86_64) and it loaded all CPU cores, dumped 50K lines in the journal and failed to start. > Error: the BPF_PROG_LOAD syscall returned Argument list too long (os error 7). > littlesnitch.service: Consumed 3min 38.832s CPU time, 13.7G memory peak.

Your average Linux experience. And the second most upvoted comment is someone seriously asking if 2026 if the year of Linux desktop...

Yeah, because no third party program has ever crashed on any other OS.

Come on, this is an absurd comment. Linux has its issues, this is not a serious example of what is keeping normal people from using Linux as a desktop OS. Normal people are not installing the first release of a privacy networking tool that requires you to OK connections.

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by sva_ »

hubabuba44 wrote: post #161

Congrats on the Linux port, this looks very nice. Shameless plug: for anyone who wants something fully open source and terminal-based, I maintain RustNet ( https://github.com/domcyrus/rustnet ). It's a bit different because it's a TUI for real-time connection monitoring with deep packet inspection, not a firewall. No blocking/rules, but it's cross-platform (Linux/macOS/Windows), the entire codebase is open, and it sa…

Very nice, I will give it a try later

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by adammarples »

aucisson_masque wrote: post #205
supernes wrote: post #165

Tried it on Fedora 43 (6.19.11 x86_64) and it loaded all CPU cores, dumped 50K lines in the journal and failed to start. > Error: the BPF_PROG_LOAD syscall returned Argument list too long (os error 7). > littlesnitch.service: Consumed 3min 38.832s CPU time, 13.7G memory peak.

Your average Linux experience. And the second most upvoted comment is someone seriously asking if 2026 if the year of Linux desktop...

This is brand new open source software with like 3 stars on github

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by Latty »

dainank wrote: post #175
cromka wrote: post #167

I know it sounds crazy at this point, but with popular YouTubers switching to Linux, gamers overall well-aware of Steam on Linux advantages and switching as well, plus popular software like LittleSnitch getting ported, 2026 can without irony be named as Year of Linux Desktop, right?

I think there is a lot of talk (and this is good), but very little action. Market share is still incredibly low for LNX. I believe only a small subset of people actually attempt the jump from WIN to LNX (since most just want to play their games and run their programs without hassle) and then quickly realize that its tougher than they anticipated and swiftly return to WIN.

This is true, but also the original comment still stands: Linux desktop usage outside developers was so low that it was barely worth mentioning before, so even a small uptick like this is a serious change, and it's how bigger changes start.

I definitely don't think it's even the likely outcome, but for Linux to get serious traction this is how it has to start: power users but not the traditional developer crowd start actually moving, and in doing so produce the guides, experience, word of mouth, and motivation that normal people need to do so, alongside the institutional support from Valve to actually fix the bugs and issues.

It remains to be seen if a critical mass will find it usable long-term, but if it were to happen, this is how it would look at the start, and Microsoft are certainly doing their best to push people away right now, although I suspect the real winner is more likely to be Apple with the Macbook Neo sucking up more of the lower end.

Re: LittleSnitch for Linux

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Post by aucisson_masque »

Latty wrote: post #206
aucisson_masque wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your average Linux experience. And the second most upvoted comment is someone seriously asking if 2026 if the year of Linux desktop...

Yeah, because no third party program has ever crashed on any other OS. Come on, this is an absurd comment. Linux has its issues, this is not a serious example of what is keeping normal people from using Linux as a desktop OS. Normal people are not installing the first release of a privacy networking tool that requires you to OK connections.

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