Posted on 01/17/2017 12:24:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html
Just save it then open it with your package installer and follow the instructions. In Ubuntu it is GDebi, not sure if it's the same in Mint but I've also installed it by opening it up with Software Center so one of those should work.
CGato
10 SUCKS!
7 Rocks!!
You can’t play Empire Earth on Windows 10. That alone is reason enough to avoid it.
Sounds like MY friend/neighbor!
He has an old PC with XP and a 5-1/2” drive. I’ve run down the road in my PJs a few times to get him out of a rough spot. I, too, am The Computer Hero. :)
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I have a completely un-updated win 7 on my primary machine. Fortunately its an HP so I don’t have to argue with anyone about keeping it.
I like Linux and use it as my primary desktop at work. But I have a Windows laptop alongside the real workstation, for viewing Internet videos, websites that require Flash, and doing Webex and a few other applications that are tough or impossible on Linux.
IMO video is the main reason Linux won't ever take over a significant percentage of "typical-users". Typical users use their computers as much for viewing media entertainment as doing work. And Linux is still way behind the curve on video. Unless you're an uber-geek and enjoy d!cking around for hours with codecs and drivers.
I used to enjoy that. Now I just want to watch the damn video. And for that, there's Windows.
Aces! 😀
Same here. I have several other machines for the purpose.
IMO video is the main reason Linux won't ever take over a significant percentage of "typical-users". Typical users use their computers as much for viewing media entertainment as doing work. And Linux is still way behind the curve on video. Unless you're an uber-geek and enjoy d!cking around for hours with codecs and drivers.
I used to enjoy that. Now I just want to watch the damn video. And for that, there's Windows.
That's cool but my experience has been the opposite viewing videos in Linux. I've been running Linus OS's for about 10 years now and video hasn't been much of a problem in the latter years.
I watch a ton of videos from all different kind of websites with very little problems and that is with the old updated version of Flash Player for Linux. HTML5 works great in Linux and hopefully that will make Flash Player obsolete in the coming years.
If I do happen to run in to a problem watching a video in Firefox, that has the older updated version of Flash Player, I just switch over to the regular Google Chrome for Linux, that has the latest Flash Player built in. If you need HAL for viewing videos on some sites, HAL can be installed in Linux.
The older updated version of Flash Player can be an issue in Linux like I described earlier but hopefully it won't be around too much longer with HTML5 coming along.
CGato
It's the -other- sites that don't play as well, or at all.
For some reason I can't get Google Chrome to install successfully in my CentOS 6.5 system. Very frustrating. I may try building it from source: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/docs/linux_build_instructions.md
I was able to build it successfully on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I have to believe that CentOS would be possible too...
CentOS or any of the Red Hat/Fedora flavors I have not messed around with yet. I’m stuck on the Debian/Ubuntu side of things. I have Fedora downloaded and burned to an ISO but just haven’t tried it yet.
That’s weird Google Chrome won’t install. I checked that download page I posted earlier and it says it will work in Fedora so you’d think it would work in CentOS.
CGato
Typical Microshaft. Bag on probably the best thing they ever did, trying to get you to buy into a steaming pile of Win 10.
Me three.
I’ve done 5 Laptops and PC’s at home with various capabilities, all are working flawlessly on 10. None of these were clean installations, but 2 were Windows 8 to 8.1 to 10 upgrades. The only PC I cant upgrade is a HP Tower I have with a AMD processor, but that is because there is no driver for the onboard graphics. I have read that I could force the upgrade and use the Windows 8 Driver may cause instability. I think I may buy a clearance Video card and upgrade it sometime in the future, otherwise it will become a LINUX machine and a media server for my home.
Overall I am perplexed by all of the people I hear saying Windows 10 “bricked” or otherwise f’ed up their systems. I really think their issues are related to either real old or sub-par hardware, or the urge to install every free application they’ve seen over the years.
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