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Re: A Better Linux Browser :)

PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 1:14 pm
by billhedrick
The problem with the "bleeding edge" is the cutting and the bleeding. :D
Just had FF update to 6.0 on my 2.6.2 install, lost a couple extensions but looks OK

Re: A Better Linux Browser :)

PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:30 pm
by dougal
For info, I had to do some deleting of current Firefox bits and pieces to allow the newer versions to run and then I had no plugin available for a certain video I wanted to run.
I was also running Chromium at the same time coz the Firefox install put itself into it's own folder so the system (and me) couldn't find it straight off.
Then I lost all my Compiz and Emerald settings.

Something like this always happens when I run Chromium but, usually not as quickly as within an hour.

I decided that it was too risky to leave things as they were and rather than scutter about trying to fix things. I copied everything I needed to and reinstalled the whole system after wiping the hard drive.

Re: A Better Linux Browser :)

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:13 pm
by onosendai58
After reading the recent brouhaha about Asa and the crew removing version numbers from Firefox, (mainly the arrogant way they tried to do it), you couldn`t pay me to use it. Besides, Chromium has never broken anything on an update for me.

Re: A Better Linux Browser :)

PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:12 pm
by ANDROIDSAMURAI
DEPENDS...
IF YOU LIKE EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO SPYED ON AND RECORDED ON GOOGLE SERVERS.... HEY GO FOR IT...ANYTHING WITH THE GOOGLE NAME RECORDS YOUR EVER MOVE....

IF YOU LIKE YOUR PRIVACY...AND DONT THINK GOOGLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SPY ON YOU...THEN.... USE

OPERA, TOR, MIDORI, OR FIREFOX WITH DUCKDUCK GO SEARCH ENGINE (DUCK DUCK DOESNT SPY OR RECORD YOUR WEB SEARCHES OR USE)

PERSONALLY FOR PRIVACY... TOR IS UNBEATABLE BUT MAY JUST BE TOO SLOW IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA OF THE WORLD...OR NOT...

AGIAN...YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHATS BEING DONE TO YOU...BY GOOGLE... EVERY KEYSTROKE, EVER SECOND ON EVER WEBSITE IS TIMED, NAILED DOWN TO YOUR PC, RECOREDED, AND STORED...FOR RETRIEVAL BY LAW ENFORCMENT OR GOVERNMENT....

Moderator note: cool it please, also refrain from the Capslock, it makes you look like a fool


IF YOU LIVE IN THE USA..IT WORKS LIKE THIS.... THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT YOUR ON LINE PRIVACY AND RECORDS ARE NOT PRIVATE IF OBTAINED FROM A 3RD PARTY ( YOU...- THE GOVT - GOOGLE ( THE 3RD PARTY) SO GOOGLE BUILDS THIS ENTIRE DAY TO DAY RECORD OF WHAT YOU DO, SAY, WHERE U GO, WHAT YOU DO THERE...THEY EVEN KEEP A SAMPLE OF YOUR VOICE FOR ANYONMOUS VERIFICATION OF PRIVATE CALLS... SO THAT IF THE GOVT WANTS TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO... THEY ASK GOOGLE FOR YOUR RECORDS... IN LESS THAT ONE DAY THE AGENCY OR GOVT KNOWS ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT U...

YEA..GO AHEAD...USE GOOGLE PRODUCTS....LOL

Re: A Better Linux Browser :)

PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:50 pm
by onosendai58
ANDROIDSAMURAI wrote:DEPENDS...
IF YOU LIKE EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO SPYED ON AND RECORDED ON GOOGLE SERVERS.... HEY GO FOR IT...ANYTHING WITH THE GOOGLE NAME RECORDS YOUR EVER MOVE....

IF YOU LIKE YOUR PRIVACY...AND DONT THINK GOOGLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SPY ON YOU...THEN.... USE

OPERA, TOR, MIDORI, OR FIREFOX WITH DUCKDUCK GO SEARCH ENGINE (DUCK DUCK DOESNT SPY OR RECORD YOUR WEB SEARCHES OR USE)

PERSONALLY FOR PRIVACY... TOR IS UNBEATABLE BUT MAY JUST BE TOO SLOW IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA OF THE WORLD...OR NOT...

AGIAN...YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHATS BEING DONE TO YOU...BY GOOGLE... EVERY KEYSTROKE, EVER SECOND ON EVER WEBSITE IS TIMED, NAILED DOWN TO YOUR PC, RECOREDED, AND STORED...FOR RETRIEVAL BY LAW ENFORCMENT OR GOVERNMENT....

Moderator note: cool it please, also refrain from the Capslock, it makes you look like a fool


IF YOU LIVE IN THE USA..IT WORKS LIKE THIS.... THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT YOUR ON LINE PRIVACY AND RECORDS ARE NOT PRIVATE IF OBTAINED FROM A 3RD PARTY ( YOU...- THE GOVT - GOOGLE ( THE 3RD PARTY) SO GOOGLE BUILDS THIS ENTIRE DAY TO DAY RECORD OF WHAT YOU DO, SAY, WHERE U GO, WHAT YOU DO THERE...THEY EVEN KEEP A SAMPLE OF YOUR VOICE FOR ANYONMOUS VERIFICATION OF PRIVATE CALLS... SO THAT IF THE GOVT WANTS TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO... THEY ASK GOOGLE FOR YOUR RECORDS... IN LESS THAT ONE DAY THE AGENCY OR GOVT KNOWS ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT U...

YEA..GO AHEAD...USE GOOGLE PRODUCTS....LOL

Dead wrong. Chromium is the original, built from the Chromium Project. Chrome was built from it and Google added the tracking, Chromium doesn`t track anything. Try reading before ranting. Oh, no more caps.