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Switching from Chrome to Firefox
RobbieThe1st:
Y'know, as options for Chrome, you can look at Chromium-based projects. Google makes (most of) the source code of Chrome available as Chromium, and several companies build and modify it.
Here's a couple of interesting browsers:
SRWare Iron - Chromium with privacy: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
CoolNovo - Chinese-built/designed chromium. Might send stuff back to the chinese(Is this better or worse than the NSA?) http://www.coolnovo.com/?hl=en
Personally, I use Iceweasel(build of Firefox without the branding), and Chromium built for my OS(Debian).
Edit:
Oh, and that's another thing - Remember, even if you use the most private, secure browser in the world, the NSA still has access to your Windows system whenever they want -- Remember the NSA Key? (and that's back in the Win2k days!)
Now, if you're lucky, the NSA might have to ask MS if they want to do it, but MS has a long history of approving any such request they get.
The long and short of it is, if you want privacy and security, you have to learn Linux. Yes, you'll probably have to give up some games, and learn a lot more than you wanted to, but that's the cost of privacy these days.
Wizard:
I hope the government loves looking at me, ain't I cute :)
Pacman Syu:
--- Quote from: RobbieThe1st on July 19, 2013, 04:18:08 am ---Y'know, as options for Chrome, you can look at Chromium-based projects. Google makes (most of) the source code of Chrome available as Chromium, and several companies build and modify it.
Here's a couple of interesting browsers:
SRWare Iron - Chromium with privacy: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
CoolNovo - Chinese-built/designed chromium. Might send stuff back to the chinese(Is this better or worse than the NSA?) http://www.coolnovo.com/?hl=en
Personally, I use Iceweasel(build of Firefox without the branding), and Chromium built for my OS(Debian).
Edit:
Oh, and that's another thing - Remember, even if you use the most private, secure browser in the world, the NSA still has access to your Windows system whenever they want -- Remember the NSA Key? (and that's back in the Win2k days!)
Now, if you're lucky, the NSA might have to ask MS if they want to do it, but MS has a long history of approving any such request they get.
The long and short of it is, if you want privacy and security, you have to learn Linux. Yes, you'll probably have to give up some games, and learn a lot more than you wanted to, but that's the cost of privacy these days.
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*hug*
Using Firefox ever since all the PRISM stuff came out, previously I was using Comodo which is a security-centered browser (though I'm not sure if they protect you from Google). On my Linux boxes I use Firefox, whereas I used to use Iron.
Josheh:
Could I mount windows like mac users do on Linux? Is Linux compatible with a product similar to word (open office ) and a PDF reader? I might make the move lol.
RobbieThe1st:
Huh, still had this tab up.
Yes, OpenOffice will run on Linux, though a 'version' of it called LibreOffice is typically 'standard'. These were actually developed for Linux originally and, as such, run best there.
PDF reader, yes. Easily. There are a number of them, and I use "Okular"(which also opens other things). It came stock with my distro, and works great.
The thing I like best about it is that there is a setting on the main 'options' page named "Obey DRM Limitations". Uncheck that, and if it will open your PDF, you can copy it, print it, edit it, save it, no matter what the person who made it wants you to be able to do.
:D