Re: Subject: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 08:40:06PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: > Martin Visser writes: > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Brett Mahar wrote: > > > >> You might like to check out SW Iron instead of Chrome, it is the same > >> thing but without the many Google tracking devices built-in: > >> > >> http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php > > > > You just gotta love that SRware are obviously down on "Google tracking" yet > > are quite willing to take their money by offering Google Ads on both the > > side and bottom of their page. > > Yeah. FWIW, once you start to poke at that the whole thing ... aw, heck. > Let me just add to this an excerpt from the Debian mailing lists when this > same thing came up: > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=50358 > > At the time SRWare also used a service provider that used pop-under > advertising to make money. > > So, yeah. As far as I can see this is, in essence, an implementation of the > principal that if you pander to paranoia then you can make money from ... the > folks who care enough to worry about privacy, but not enough to actually do > the research themselves. Ditto, when I tried it it had some annoying things about it. A better option these days would be the daily builds. Doesn't come with the update service though, so I turn flash and all the other crapola in it - if it has it. Tools->Preferences->Under the Hood->Content Settings->Disable Individual Plug-ins -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Subject: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
Martin Visser writes: > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Brett Mahar wrote: > >> You might like to check out SW Iron instead of Chrome, it is the same >> thing but without the many Google tracking devices built-in: >> >> http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php > > You just gotta love that SRware are obviously down on "Google tracking" yet > are quite willing to take their money by offering Google Ads on both the > side and bottom of their page. Yeah. FWIW, once you start to poke at that the whole thing ... aw, heck. Let me just add to this an excerpt from the Debian mailing lists when this same thing came up: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=50358 At the time SRWare also used a service provider that used pop-under advertising to make money. So, yeah. As far as I can see this is, in essence, an implementation of the principal that if you pander to paranoia then you can make money from ... the folks who care enough to worry about privacy, but not enough to actually do the research themselves. Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman✉ dan...@rimspace.net☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Subject: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Brett Mahar wrote: > > You might like to check out SW Iron instead of Chrome, it is the same > thing but without the many Google tracking devices built-in: > > http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php > -- > You just gotta love that SRware are obviously down on "Google tracking" yet are quite willing to take their money by offering Google Ads on both the side and bottom of their page. Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Subject: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
>> I am new to slug, can you do the following, I have a note book with >> XP, can I remove microsoft and change to linux and use google chrome >> as the browser You might like to check out SW Iron instead of Chrome, it is the same thing but without the many Google tracking devices built-in: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
On Fri, Oct 8th, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Bob Peterson wrote: > I am new to slug, can you do the following, I have a note book with > XP, can I remove microsoft and change to linux and use google chrome > as the browser, if so, how would I get information to do so. You do not have to make that choice. Firstly you can try the whole thing out with a live CD.Download an image and burn a CD, boot off the CD (Assuming that you can do this, there are other options as mentioned USB keys). See ubuntu.com for links to various downloads, there are a lot of options here. Depending on what exactly you want to do another distribution may be a better fit. All distributions come with openoffice.org that works well with microsoft office. Regarding Chrome, yes you can install this however most Distributions use firefox. I have both installed but there are other choices as well. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ In order to get things working really well you may have to enable flash and other features. Because there are licensing issues you may have to install this yourself. See https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/internet/C/web-browsing.html Hope this helps, Thanks Ken -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
> From: Bob Peterson > To: s...@slug.org.au > Subject: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome > I am new to slug, can you do the following, I have a note book with > XP, can I remove microsoft and change to linux and use google chrome > as the browser, if so, how would I get information to do so. > http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
G'day Bob, On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:10:06AM +1100, Bob Peterson wrote: > I am new to slug, can you do the following, I have a note book with > XP, can I remove microsoft and change to linux and use google chrome > as the browser, if so, how would I get information to do so. First you should obtain a distro (e.g. Ubuntu, Fedora) on a device (e.g. CD or USB drive). Boot from the device and follow its installation process to wipe out XP and install itself on your disk drive. Once you have linux installed and connected to the Net you can download Chrome browser and install it. Nick. -- PGP Key ID = 0x418487E7 http://www.nick-andrew.net/ PGP Key fingerprint = B3ED 6894 8E49 1770 C24A 67E3 6266 6EB9 4184 87E7 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] change to linux and google chrome
I am new to slug, can you do the following, I have a note book with XP, can I remove microsoft and change to linux and use google chrome as the browser, if so, how would I get information to do so. -- Kind regards Bob Peterson 0428 27 07 42 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
