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This article is the perfect example of why not to use Linux on the desktop. A lot of fiddling around that eventually leads to a result that is far inferior to w

This article is the perfect example of why not to use Linux on the desktop. A lot of fiddling around that eventually leads to a result that is far inferior to what you'd get just using OS X or Windows.

chris_b 12y ago
It can be if you want to use tools not designed for linux. I use keepass (http://keepass.info/ http://keepass.info/) on linux and android and find it to be equivalent to 1 Password on Mac. It is in the Fedora repos (and I assume most others) and so easy to install.
- sigzero 12y ago
 I like Keepass. It is NOT equivalent to 1Password on the Mac.
- StavrosK 12y ago
 The problem I have with KeePass is that it doesn't integrate with my browser well. LastPass does marginally better (it has an extension but I'm not loving it). There's a Firefox extension for KeePass called KeeFox, but it needs KeePass to be open and running all the time, which is annoying to me because it needs an extra window.
 - jstanek 12y ago
 KeePass works better is you set it up to use Auto-Type, which sends keystrokes to the window manager to type the passwords into the fields.
 - r00fus 12y ago
 I've used keepass ona a daily basis. Auto type failed with my usage patterns - essentially I have multiple entry points per site (enterprise app) and each has a different titlebar text.
 - wishiknew 12y ago
 I've switched from OS X a few months ago and I'm actually happier with KeePassX than with 1Password. I hated AgileBits for the 4.0 bloat redesign which made everything slower (this is a constant on OS X it seems). I have a pretty simple use case with KeePassX (no sync) and here are the solutions I've found to problems mentioned in this thread. Hope they're helpful! Hide KeePassX's window: Just open the settings, click the first two checkboxes ("system tray icon", "minimize to tray instead of taskbar") and add `keepassx -min` to your login script. It'll ask for your password and disappear. Title bar: KeePassX does use the browser title bar and it's sometimes not reliable. It's easily fixable, though. Install a Greasemonkey plugin to your browser and add scripts such as this one: // ==UserScript== // @name Google // @namespace google // @include https://accounts.google.com/* // https://accounts.google.com/* // @grant none // ==/UserScript== document.title += " | Google"; Browser plugin: I like how I could type "gmail" in Alfred and have 1Password do everything for me. I was able to reproduce that with a bash script that I call from my own launcher and it works just as well, if not faster. #!/bin/bash nohup xdg-open "https://example.com/" https://example.com/" >&/dev/null & wmctrl -a Opera sleep 1 xte 'keydown Hyper_R' 'key dollar' 'keyup Hyper_R' Last line simply simulates my KeePassX Auto-Type shortcut (which I got from OS X, yes). Update: are newlines, can't believe it's this hard to post code snippets here.
 - StavrosK 12y ago
 I do use that, but I like having the fields pre-filled, like Firefox does, so I can just press login.
 - deleted 12y ago
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vacri 12y ago
... for a product that the developers don't support on that platform. It's strange that you say "this is why you shouldn't use linux", when the article leads off by saying that the author doesn't like OSX anymore (for unspecified reasons). It seems that the author doesn't consider it 'far inferior', and considers OSX inferior enough to look for a replacement. And the more people who take up linux, the greater the demand for proper linux support. Scaring users away with your FUD doesn't help things. 'Unsupported software' was a similar argument against OSX until a few years ago, if you recall.
dlisboa 12y ago
I'd be interested to see the kind of hoops one would have to go through to run Linux-only software on Windows with a reverse-engineered frontend made by a single guy on his free time. There are plenty of valid arguments about Linux on desktop, but this is not one of them.
michaelmrose 12y ago
If you use firefox on the desktop and on android you can easily sync your passwords for anything browser related without any third party extensions and without trusting unencrypted data to a 3rd party.

chris_b 12y ago

It can be if you want to use tools not designed for linux. I use keepass (http://keepass.info/ http://keepass.info/) on linux and android and find it to be equivalent to 1 Password on Mac. It is in the Fedora repos (and I assume most others) and so easy to install.

sigzero 12y ago
I like Keepass. It is NOT equivalent to 1Password on the Mac.
StavrosK 12y ago
The problem I have with KeePass is that it doesn't integrate with my browser well. LastPass does marginally better (it has an extension but I'm not loving it). There's a Firefox extension for KeePass called KeeFox, but it needs KeePass to be open and running all the time, which is annoying to me because it needs an extra window.
- jstanek 12y ago
 KeePass works better is you set it up to use Auto-Type, which sends keystrokes to the window manager to type the passwords into the fields.
 - r00fus 12y ago
 I've used keepass ona a daily basis. Auto type failed with my usage patterns - essentially I have multiple entry points per site (enterprise app) and each has a different titlebar text.
 - wishiknew 12y ago
 I've switched from OS X a few months ago and I'm actually happier with KeePassX than with 1Password. I hated AgileBits for the 4.0 bloat redesign which made everything slower (this is a constant on OS X it seems). I have a pretty simple use case with KeePassX (no sync) and here are the solutions I've found to problems mentioned in this thread. Hope they're helpful! Hide KeePassX's window: Just open the settings, click the first two checkboxes ("system tray icon", "minimize to tray instead of taskbar") and add `keepassx -min` to your login script. It'll ask for your password and disappear. Title bar: KeePassX does use the browser title bar and it's sometimes not reliable. It's easily fixable, though. Install a Greasemonkey plugin to your browser and add scripts such as this one: // ==UserScript== // @name Google // @namespace google // @include https://accounts.google.com/* // https://accounts.google.com/* // @grant none // ==/UserScript== document.title += " | Google"; Browser plugin: I like how I could type "gmail" in Alfred and have 1Password do everything for me. I was able to reproduce that with a bash script that I call from my own launcher and it works just as well, if not faster. #!/bin/bash nohup xdg-open "https://example.com/" https://example.com/" >&/dev/null & wmctrl -a Opera sleep 1 xte 'keydown Hyper_R' 'key dollar' 'keyup Hyper_R' Last line simply simulates my KeePassX Auto-Type shortcut (which I got from OS X, yes). Update: are newlines, can't believe it's this hard to post code snippets here.
 - StavrosK 12y ago
 I do use that, but I like having the fields pre-filled, like Firefox does, so I can just press login.
- deleted 12y ago
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vacri 12y ago

... for a product that the developers don't support on that platform. It's strange that you say "this is why you shouldn't use linux", when the article leads off by saying that the author doesn't like OSX anymore (for unspecified reasons). It seems that the author doesn't consider it 'far inferior', and considers OSX inferior enough to look for a replacement. And the more people who take up linux, the greater the demand for proper linux support. Scaring users away with your FUD doesn't help things. 'Unsupported software' was a similar argument against OSX until a few years ago, if you recall.

dlisboa 12y ago

I'd be interested to see the kind of hoops one would have to go through to run Linux-only software on Windows with a reverse-engineered frontend made by a single guy on his free time. There are plenty of valid arguments about Linux on desktop, but this is not one of them.

michaelmrose 12y ago

If you use firefox on the desktop and on android you can easily sync your passwords for anything browser related without any third party extensions and without trusting unencrypted data to a 3rd party.