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
