I don’t want making my computer function, to be a hobby.
I want to get off Windows but every time I have tried to switch to linux, stupid stuff makes it a pain in the ass. This last time, I tried Zorin. I put chrome on it (not my computer) and it just absolutely refused to run. I spent my whole day off just trying to get chrome to not brick the computer. No dice.This is just one instance of at least 4 or 5 times I have legitimately tried to switch, or tried to switch someone else to Linux.
you had a problem with chrome??? I was on zorin and used chrome. how did you install it? oh wait not your computer. did you have admin rights? I don’t think you could install chrome on a windows machine where you were given a user account that was not admin.
I grabbed it from the little app approved store front thing or whatever that Zorin had. I tried a couple different methods and it would install fine but every time it launched, it would hard freeze the system. No other app or anything installed had a problem.
yeah but where you on an admin account? because again windows would have issues installing software from a non admin to? You post sounded like your friend made an account for you.
Your assumptions are probably accurate. As an OS, I don’t want tracking, AI, fingerprinting, using my data, age verification blah blah blah. As a company, I don’t like much of what they stand for, also enabling and promoting many of the things I mentioned above to become industry standard.
Linux CAN be that for me, and it feels like I can make the swap at some point, but every time I try, and with multiple distros, I run into something that just drives me back.
I used to work for them. At one point they did have a really good work culture. You felt good about coming to work, paid very competitively and amazing benefits. The work culture also didn’t feel antagonistic to customers. There was a huge watershed moment when they started going after a massive DoD contract with the US govt. And pushing SaaS that seemed to indicate the shift to the Microslop of today.
They were never perfect, they were never unicorns and rainbows, but they sure as hell at one point didn’t act like the company of today.
I don’t want making my computer function, to be a hobby.
I want to get off Windows but every time I have tried to switch to linux, stupid stuff makes it a pain in the ass. This last time, I tried Zorin. I put chrome on it (not my computer) and it just absolutely refused to run. I spent my whole day off just trying to get chrome to not brick the computer. No dice.This is just one instance of at least 4 or 5 times I have legitimately tried to switch, or tried to switch someone else to Linux.
you had a problem with chrome??? I was on zorin and used chrome. how did you install it? oh wait not your computer. did you have admin rights? I don’t think you could install chrome on a windows machine where you were given a user account that was not admin.
I grabbed it from the little app approved store front thing or whatever that Zorin had. I tried a couple different methods and it would install fine but every time it launched, it would hard freeze the system. No other app or anything installed had a problem.
yeah but where you on an admin account? because again windows would have issues installing software from a non admin to? You post sounded like your friend made an account for you.
I did the install from scratch. I’m not here to diagnose why chrome didn’t work on an install I did a year ago.
ok sorry. the way you said your friends machine it sounded like your friend was running linux and you where trying it out. did not mean to bug.
get debian, and use librewolf
May I ask why you want to get off Windows? I mean I can imagine a few reasons but I don’t like making assumptions
Your assumptions are probably accurate. As an OS, I don’t want tracking, AI, fingerprinting, using my data, age verification blah blah blah. As a company, I don’t like much of what they stand for, also enabling and promoting many of the things I mentioned above to become industry standard.
Linux CAN be that for me, and it feels like I can make the swap at some point, but every time I try, and with multiple distros, I run into something that just drives me back.
So what DO you like that they stand for? I don’t think anyone can really say a single thing positive about Microslop. Not even one.
I used to work for them. At one point they did have a really good work culture. You felt good about coming to work, paid very competitively and amazing benefits. The work culture also didn’t feel antagonistic to customers. There was a huge watershed moment when they started going after a massive DoD contract with the US govt. And pushing SaaS that seemed to indicate the shift to the Microslop of today.
They were never perfect, they were never unicorns and rainbows, but they sure as hell at one point didn’t act like the company of today.
Fair, but surely now there is nothing good to say.
stay on windows its just easier than any linux distro,i use windows myself.
also chrome isnt that good with adblockers,so you can use brave if you want.
brave is still chromium. go firefox
brave feels smoother than firefox,also faster on google sites. plus who cares if its chromium? thats what the web is built for anyway
Brave is owned by fascists and sells some personal data.
idc about personal beliefs of a ceo or a corp. if i did i wouldn’t use anything bec i would disagree with all of them.
and do you have a source for brave selling personal data? as far as i know thats not true
ublock has trouble with youtube ads on chromium, that’s why.
thats why i recommended brave tho. it doesnt need ublock. it has its own adblocker built in,and it does block youtube ads perfectly.
Chrome was the request of the inlaws. Too much change all at once means I’m over there playing tech support. I personally don’t use it.