Posted on 12/26/2013 2:05:09 PM PST by PeteePie
I have no toolbars, thank goodness
It does just fine but this is my side-of-my-easychair computer for doing stuff like browsing FR. I have 3 newer PCs with Linux, two of which are 64 bit. One is dual boot (Win 7 Pro and Mint), the other is for playing with. That’s where I’ve been playing with Mint, Debian, LDME, Fedora, etc.
I’ve also been running live secure mixes like Tails and Ubuntu Privacy Remix.
One issue that I’ve had with a few old laptops is that they won’t accept some distros as they require PAE.
I’ve not used Opera. I used Chrome but it’s memory hog, then Mozilla which seems to get tied up in some Java script BS over longer periods and then IE which won’t display properly but has some of the plugins I use.
And then everyone tells me how perfect their currently used browser is. What a pant load.
Why use Chrome anyway? Inferior to Firefox for my use, as it cannot even provide multiple tab rows, but Google is liberal.
What are your system specs and OS?
I just installed Fedora after Linux Mint failed to work good enough for me as a supplementary OS (installed progs did not even show up, and failed to boot, etc.), but among other things that would make things easier as in Windows, neither enables you to right click on icons in the Star menu and find actual program locations. And the Dolphin file browser has a poor interface.
Is anyone running the Linux version of Chrome, called Chromium? I heard its a lot lighter and faster than Firefox.
Well I just downloaded Firefox and am not looking back on Chrome. I’ve been noticing how ads appear for stuff I was looking at on other sites, kinda creeps me out and at the same time, pisses me off. I don’t like spies!!
THANKS ALL!!!
Just downloaded it, I’m about to like it.
I’m with both of you, went back to IE and use Bing.
Bing works better than Google for me, and I like the daily pic if you use it as your home page :)
I imagine, but without the FF extensions they are not preferred by me.
These are the add-ons I am currently using. In FireFox, click on Tools and then select Add-ons and then it is easy to install the add-ons you like.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
I had the same problem; I deleted one of the “frequently visited” tabs at random and then clicked “restore all” and et voila, Free Republic was back in the prime position as it should be. Probably not a real problem.
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