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Probably work

Oracle Linux is basically CentOS/RHEL rebranded. It's stable, but not cutting edge. It's mostly used on servers. I wouldn't put it on your laptop.

If you're looking for a "user" distribution, Mint is everything good about Ubuntu, and no Unity.

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 daedalus wrote:
Oracle Linux is basically CentOS/RHEL rebranded.

Why would anyone want that over RHEL? Is Oracle support really better than Red Hat support?
 daedalus wrote:
If you're looking for a "user" distribution, Mint is everything good about Ubuntu, and no Unity.

Yeah, I know about Mint, but I am fairly happy with ArchLinux. It is all nice and shiny. It is pretty cool if you like getting technical sometime.

"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
 daedalus wrote:
Oracle Linux is basically CentOS/RHEL rebranded.

Why would anyone want that over RHEL? Is Oracle support really better than Red Hat support?


It's all about contract negotiation, I guess. If you already have a support contract with Oracle, they'll probably cut you a deal to go from Solaris->OL over going to Red Hat. Oracle has also added some of their own features to their distribution. The "unbreakable" kernel comes to mind as being an Oracle exclusive.

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I preferred Chrome but switched back quite recently when Adblocker stopped blocking ad commercials at the start of youtube videos on Chrome, but still worked on Firefox.

I often put a youtube video playlist up and all the ads drove me mad.



 
   
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whats the best vpn to use ?



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We'll find out soon enough eh.

 daedalus wrote:
 Yodhrin wrote:

I'm not a paranoid whackaloon, I just don't like the idea of a corporation tracking my behaviour and then selling a "profile" of me to other corporations with essentially no oversight. A proper VPN isn't necessary to prevent that, just the right addons, a thorough malware scanning schedule, and a little care in what sites you visit, and while I think technically you can get all or most of the applicable addons(HTTPSEverywhere/HTTPSFinder, AdBlock, FlashBlock, NoScript, Ghostery etc etc) for Chrome as well as Firefox, I just don't trust Google enough that I'd willingly use a browser that they could, if they so choose, modify "under the hood" to circumvent aspects of those privacy addons without people knowing.


If you're on Windows, you're probably wasting your effort.


Out of interest; why's that?

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In saying this... Chrome's latest update has become pretty much literal spyware.

"If you use Google Now on your mobile device, you can see certain Now cards on your desktop computer if you're signed into Chrome, including weather, sports scores, commute traffic, and event reminders cards. Some of these cards may be based on the location of your mobile device."

And, worst of all, there's another bloody notification icon. - I hate extra notification icons when I don't need them.

Needless to say, Google Now got turned off immediately.

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 Yodhrin wrote:
Out of interest; why's that?

Well, it was a big of hyperbole, but even just the marketshare means both big corporations and malware makers alike are going to devote efforts to targeting windows users. However, how much would they dedicate to target Archlinux ?

"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
https://twitter.com/WarComTeam/status/1268665798467432449/photo/1 
   
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 Compel wrote:
In saying this... Chrome's latest update has become pretty much literal spyware.

"If you use Google Now on your mobile device, you can see certain Now cards on your desktop computer if you're signed into Chrome, including weather, sports scores, commute traffic, and event reminders cards. Some of these cards may be based on the location of your mobile device."

And, worst of all, there's another bloody notification icon. - I hate extra notification icons when I don't need them.

Needless to say, Google Now got turned off immediately.


I don't think you understand what the word "spyware" means.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
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 Flinty wrote:
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"Pretty much literal" would suggest I'm not referring to spyware in the standard computing terms.

Instead, it would be more inferring that I'm literally talking about it actually spying on me. As in, actually tracking my physical location, a traditional thing a literal spy would be seen to do.
   
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 Compel wrote:
"Pretty much literal" would suggest I'm not referring to spyware in the standard computing terms.

Instead, it would be more inferring that I'm literally talking about it actually spying on me. As in, actually tracking my physical location, a traditional thing a literal spy would be seen to do.


I guess if a spy, prior to the spying, walked directly up to you and said "hey, I'm going to follow you around, and point out things you might be interested in - if you're not interested in that, just tell me and I'll stop".

I mean, there is like zero effort at subterfuge here which kind of is the whole underlying concept of spyware. It's just a wholly bizarre argument.





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 lord_blackfang wrote:
Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.

 Flinty wrote:
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Tried Chrome and didn't like it, so moved back to Firefox (which I had been using since the great migration from IE).

I'm using Palemoon now, it's the Firefox I always wanted (it even has a proper status bar, which doesn't require a mod like Firefox did for ages, but that change wasn't such a dealbreaker back then).

EDIT: I went to bed so angry last night. You need a mod for a functional change like moving the tabs below the address bar (ergonomically superior).

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We'll find out soon enough eh.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
 Yodhrin wrote:
Out of interest; why's that?

Well, it was a big of hyperbole, but even just the marketshare means both big corporations and malware makers alike are going to devote efforts to targeting windows users. However, how much would they dedicate to target Archlinux ?


Malware tends to target Windows more than Linux or iOS because they have a bigger marketshare(and in particular a bigger share of the business market) certainly, but the idea that the Windows architecture is substantially more vulnerable than the competition is largely a myth. They target the OS with a bigger marketshare because the bigger the user pool, the more likely it is that you're going to find idiots with their passwords all set to "password" or "1234", or who don't run a firewall and antivirus, or who happily click on every "YOU HAVE WON PRIZE CLICKING HERE FOR MONIES!!!!" popup they see.

If you're pitting one competent actual network admin against an intrusion by an individual hacker, then sure, being on a Unix-based architecture would give the admin the best chance of keeping the hacker out, but in the end that would always come down to a contest of skill and knowledge, because there is no system connected to the internet that is 100% secure. However, it's entirely possible for an average user to keep a Windows rig malware free and their browsing reasonably private, providing you scan regularly, keep everything updated, install the right addons, and don't do stupid stuff. Which you should be doing regardless of which OS you use, because not using Windows just makes it less likely you'll end up infected with malware, not unlikely.

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-----
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 Yodhrin wrote:
... but on a free browser?

... you get what you pay for.

 
   
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 Yodhrin wrote:
Malware tends to target Windows more than Linux or iOS because they have a bigger marketshare(and in particular a bigger share of the business market) certainly

Yep, as I said .
 Yodhrin wrote:
but the idea that the Windows architecture is substantially more vulnerable than the competition is largely a myth.

Well, I guess it might have been true at the beginning of the internet, when security was not the very big deal it is now.
 Yodhrin wrote:
They target the OS with a bigger marketshare because the bigger the user pool, the more likely it is that you're going to find idiots with their passwords all set to "password" or "1234", or who don't run a firewall and antivirus, or who happily click on every "YOU HAVE WON PRIZE CLICKING HERE FOR MONIES!!!!" popup they see.

Indeed. You cannot do anything to prevent users from willingly installing malware. Even though really, I never found the need for a firewall or an antivirus on Linux. Carefully checking anything that I install or execute that does not come from the official repository always seems enough to me.
 Yodhrin wrote:
because not using Windows just makes it less likely you'll end up infected with malware, not unlikely.

It makes it unlikely. Not impossible, but unlikely. Because you are not an attractive target. Therefore, very few people will try to target Linux users.

"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
https://twitter.com/WarComTeam/status/1268665798467432449/photo/1 
   
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 Breotan wrote:
Firefox is the only browser I've seen that causes flash video to crash in under a minute each and every time. Even Internet Explorer can't do that.



So thats what I've been doing wrong...using Firefox. I figured it was just my gakky 8 year old computer.
   
 
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