[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting Sunday + a bit more
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Thu Sep 28 14:56:05 PDT 2017
Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com):
> Well I mention it because PCLinux put that in the main iso
> rather than Firefox.
Huh! That's odd. I could have sworn that Google, Inc. doesn't permit
third-party redistribution of Google Chrome. The PCLinuxOS people might
have negotiated a deal, though.
> I guess it has been some time since I saw Chromium but it would
> probably be a much better choice than Google Chrome.
It's OK. A little stark in appearance, because IIRC one of Google's
main objectives was to create code for mobile devices. I think it's
worth keeping around as an additional browser, at least. But don't
trust 'em.
> Well I simply don't care for Google and having my mail on
> some cloud somewhere instead of sitting on my hard disk or my mail
> server until I have time to visit the server and delete the
> downloaded stuff.
They's only the _second_ nosiest corporation on the planet (next to
Facebook). ;->
Anyway, yeah! Preach it! Seriously, I'm totally with you, on that.
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