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Tutorials like this that are really simple might be a good way yo introduce the idea that Linux does not need to be difficult or complex.
Chrome is so common and it demonstrates that you can use something familiar on Linux.
Of course. The GUI package manager is the first thing I always show people. I was still just making a joke though
Yup, that’s been my experience with getting people to at least consider Linux as well. The first thing they ask when I tell them it’s a different OS like Mac is, “so can it run XYZ?” Most people don’t actually care and just want something that runs the apps they use.
Interestingly, my mom (a Windows user her whole life) seemed just as alienated by macOS as by Linux. Her work gave her a Mac and she couldn’t understand anything after about a week so she just asked for a Windows system instead.
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The problem would be that graphical UIs can look very different. Each distro with all their supported desktops would require documentation. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a short introductory documentation for people who have no clue about linux. Debian claims to be the "universal operating system", but new users are usually directed towards Mint/Ubuntu/PopOS, but why? There's a possibility here.
For a moment I thought you said "LyX" and I was like: you use a LaTeX editor for browsing?
Lynx rules btw 👍
When I needed to use chrome (ugh) to run a program I just compiled I googled chromium.. which didn't work.. so I tried troubleshooting it. But I don't understand c. Or why it didn't work I can't remember what happened next but it took hours.
I have ungooohlef. Chromium now though which is great.
No, we write a bash script to install whatever it is and put it in a software folder that is synced on our next new install. This script also has to be updated every time, but, you get it.
it's always important to install chrome so google can see the first website you visit before you uninstall is www.firefox com/download
Does nobara still include Firefox? They moved to chromium as the default browser in 39 because kiosk mode in Firefox is Bork'd
I installed 38 first and than upgraded to 39 back thab firefox was the default, with the upgrade they didn't remove firefox and install chrome into my pc so I am hapoy avout that
The GIF shows a system where generally speaking this is not required (it could have been Firefox instead of Chrome).
Ok but the joke is that you install Chrome just to install Firefox then uninstall Chrome....
Which applies mostly to Windows and maybe to MacOS. You do not download an installer on Linux if the package manager has got you covered.
Yeah we know but that's not the joke lol. What's your deal dude? Explaining jokes to socially inept people is actually pretty boring. I'm out
I typically end up installing chrome for the odd website that does require it. Firefox is still my daily driver on all platforms though, not sure what Mozilla is thinking with their future plans.
No, Chrome. Specifically for the DRM stuff to access streaming services and casting, things that don't quite work well with Firefox (by design). I use libre stuff when I can, but I make exceptions, I know not everyone uses Linux that way.
have you tried switching useragent? The websites I've been to have either been solved by useragent or chromium (just one site didn't work with firefox and useragent)
Switching user agents isn't going to get around DRM implementations. Anyway, that was for specific streaming services I'm not using any more, so I haven't needed to use Chrome in months.
Use a user agent spoof extension on Firefox, should trick the website into thinking it's running chrome.
If I can't view a website in Firefox, then I probably don't want to view it anyway. If I really must visit it then I'll change the user agent....
Bro this is like pineapple on pizza, you know some people like it, but you also know that is objectively fucking WRONG. WTF
These days I wouldn't dare to even chrome my windows.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=gCRzng7LsQI
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Man, I thought having more CPU cores was what made compile jobs faster, I've never tried compiling on more screens before. TIL.
Maybe it's making fun of windows users who go through a 3-100 step install wizard?
It's not making fun of Macs, which IMO has the slickest installs of just dragging.
I'd rather click a button that installed everything to the right place than relying on myself to drag a single thing to a specific folder. Opening a folder first and having to drag is... a drag. That's my opinion.
Installing on a Mac looks like this.
- Click on the app package you downloaded
- Then verify that you do want to install it by dragging it
Imo it's very intuitive, clean and clever. No wrong way to do it.
Once you know, it is easy. But this random popup with 0 explanation, besides an arrow, is not intuitive at all. In general I like my MacBook Air but I hate MacOS and if it wasn’t apple silicon itd be running linux. Once Asahi or something similar deals with growing pains, it will 100% be doing so.
no, no, no its too easy, Wheres the terminals? and the long compile time.
(this post was written partially from and intel compute stick running gentoo, which started compiling 7hours ago and still is)
mmmm tasty 2GB of ram
Noob. Back in my day, I needed 7 (seven) days to compile my custom kernel (1.x without RLL and MFM support) and when I booted it, it often panic’d lol.
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You can shorten this list of flags to -DuN. For comedic effect you can run emerge -DuN -DuN -DuuuN @world
Dear god, just yesterday I had to wait pretty much an entire day just for ungoogled-chromium to compile, and I have 8 cores with 16GB of ram. I can't imagine having to do that with just 2GB of ram with 4 cores.
The correct way is:
sudo pacman -S chromium
sudo pacman -Rs chromium
sudo pacman -S firefox
Linux users uninstalling browser: basically same as what the op shows.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Windows users uninstalling browser
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
you can install the Malware CCleaner on Malware Windows and uninstall it in a few minutes.
Now show how much trouble windows users need to go through to remove S-mode because Microsoft considers chrome to be a "potential security risk", which... Yeah, it kinda is!
I don't know why so many windows users find it so difficult to install software on linux.
Use the app store like you do on your phone
And yet, they keep opening a browser and searching "how do I install X".
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how do I install X
Go to joinmastodon(dot)org, pick an open server, then enter your email, a username and a password. easy
Linux had package managers long before app stores were a thing. Package managers just mean that instead of downloading NotAVirus.exe from some sketchy web site and hoping it's the app you're looking for, you get your software from a (trusted) central source, that is community maintained so you can be sure that it's up to date and secure.
Of course, you can still manually install things. Or even build from source, giving you nearly unlimited options to tweak things as you like. But the good thing is, you don't have to.
It's an analogy to help people understand how easy it is to install stuff on linux (applications, libraries, services, etc.). App stores are just frontends to package managers. Package managers get their packages from package repositories. On linux, there are multiple package repositories and a plethora of package repositories.
On Android (a linux derivative) nearly each manufacturer has their own app store + Google App Store. There are also opensource app stores like the most known one: F-Droid. Which also has a default repository, but others can be easily added.
The iPhone famously only had sideloading and often what was installed was an app store pointing to the cracker's repository. Starting April 2024, Apple will have to allow installing other app stores (only 15 years after Android) thanks to EU regulation.
Linux allowed all that long before app stores were a thing.
Steam, GOG, the Epic Store, and a bunch of "stores" work on the same concept. Do you balk at those too?