Unfortunately, this seems to be the wave of the future. Installed a Linux OS recently and I had to have an internet connection to install the other programs I was interested in. For some reason, there was no way to identify which of the Release Disc ISOs had the necessary program files and supporting libraries. I had to track down and add the sources to Synaptic so when I was finally able to determine which files were lacking it was able to go to the repos and download them as well.
Don’t ask about the “Chromebook” that I was persuaded to try out. Doesn’t see a wireless (or wired, I think) network connection and you don’t provide a google / gmail account to log in, and it just sits there.
Biggest waste of money I ever did suffer the indignity of.
Bloody sodding waste of time, it was!
Seems like every time AVG wants to update the free AV software, we have to be on our toes to uncheck the damn "install Chrome browser" boxes.
I know this is partly how they can afford to provide free AV software, but I hate these stealth installs.