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    We actually dont use chrome (lemm.ee)
    submitted 7 months ago by azha@lemm.ee to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 165 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    "Do you want to import your settings from your previous browser?"

    "Do you want to make Chrome your default browser?"

    "Are you sure?"

    FUCK OFF, I'M ONLY USING THIS STUPID PROGRAM BECAUSE MY ASSHOLE UTILITY COMPANY'S WEBSITE DOESN'T WORK WITH FIREFOX

    [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 102 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Try user agent switcher. More often than not, websites work just fine with firefox but refuse to load when the browser identifies as not-fascist-google-trash.

    [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 67 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Had to do that to do my fucking MATH HOMEWORK because Pearson "doesn't work with Linux". Switched my user agent to windows and all of a sudden it works just fine

    [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I wish Microsoft and Google homies would just get beamed into a parallel universe to ruin with their bullshit...

    [–] klu9@lemmy.ca 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I wish Mozilla would use some of their millions to bring a class action lawsuit against sites that pointlessly lock people out just because they're not using Chrome/Safari/Edge.

    [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

    You and me both, but as long as we allow accumulation of capital, that's not gonna happen, I'm afraid.

    [–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

    They already did. We are the other universe.

    [–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Report the error to the company and to Mozilla.

    [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    That's basically never an error, but malice. But I admire your naivity :)

    [–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Oh, I agree with you. But the more we publicize this, the more pressure we can apply to site devs to support multiple browsers.

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    [–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Thanks! I'll have to give that a try.

    [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

    You are welcome. Worked fine last time I tried it with e.g. the Teams web client (forced to use it for work still)

    [–] amphy@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

    And for when switching user agents doesn't work: ungoogled chromium saves the day

    [–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) 
    flatpak install ungoogled-chromium
    [–] loomy@lemy.lol 12 points 7 months ago

    or appimage, arch or deb

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    [–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I cannot wait for Firefox to finally support WebUSB.

    ^(I literally cannot wait, it'll never happen...)

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    [–] azha@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

    That's why its called "Bloatware"

    [–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 113 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    A windows user downloading a random executable and unchecking all of the boxes that install malware (it is easier than pressing one β€œInstall” button in an app store):

    [–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 54 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I switched my main to linux about a year ago and install everything through terminal at this point.

    I had to download something on a windows system once recently and i was not prepared with how backwards this entire process felt.

    I cant understand how i had stuck with such bullshit for so long.

    [–] mvirts@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    These days if I can't install it with winget I'm not installing it

    [–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Scoop/Chocolatey/WinGet. In that order.

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    [–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 29 points 7 months ago

    Windows users removing spyware and telemetry while bragging about not having to touch a terminal.

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    [–] klu9@lemmy.ca 54 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Is this a Firefox reference?

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    [–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

    Shoveling in RAM like coal into a furnace

    [–] BaronRivendare@sopuli.xyz 25 points 7 months ago

    Missed opportunity to say β€œinstalling NVIDIA drivers” instead 🀣

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 22 points 7 months ago

    Lies, linux user would use firefox or something more libre over chrome

    [–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 21 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I wrote my own browser using WebKit. Chrome is bloat.

    [–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Used to work on WebKit, built my own browser for a while, but damn if they kept breaking qt/WebKit all the damn time.

    [–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 points 7 months ago

    I miss Galeon ..

    [–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    Ah, I am using WebKitGTK.

    Currently version 4.1, though, as 6.0 is not supported on GTK3, and upgrading the project to GTK4 would possibly require a complete rewrite.

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    [–] digitalnuisance@infosec.pub 10 points 7 months ago

    I mined and smelted my own silicon. Fuckin' amateur hour out here.

    [–] businessfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

    i just memorized the entire web so i dont need to browse anymore. browsers are bloat

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    [–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    If anything, I only use ungoogled chromium if a website refuses to work in Firefox. Had a financial fraud and identity theft scam the other day hosted on a Singaporean form service thing that I had to report using that browser because the send report button wasn't working on FF.

    As much as I don't like it, it's probably a good idea to have a backup chromium based browser like ungoogled chromium just in case. Just be sure to not be like me and actually have it in some sort of sandbox rather than running the flatpak on its own.

    [–] klu9@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I was under the impression Flatpaks are sandboxed. (I am not an expert.)

    Flatpak is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux. It provides a sandbox environment in which users can run application software in (partial) isolation from the rest of the system.

    I also keep Ungoogled Chromium around as a last resort (AppImage in my case).

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    [–] the_q@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago

    A Linux user wouldn't use chrome.

    [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Where is this from and how can I watch it?

    [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Flight of the NetScape Navigator

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    [–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 21 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Based on the nonsensical chest computer/armour and other garbled elements of the image I'm going to assume it's AI-generated.

    [–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Look at the red buttons by the guy's right hand. They look like a bunch of skittles of different sizes. It is definitely AI

    [–] pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I mean, have you ever looked at Start Trek costumes closely? Shit's wild...

    Also it's quite grainy and the handle-thingy in the front (bottom right) is out of focus. Not sure AI can be this imperfect yet, though it's just a matter of time.

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    [–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Looks more like a late 80s movie to me. I assure you, we did not need AI to generate our nonsense for us.

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    [–] Mensh123@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Reminder that Edge for Linux exists.

    [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

    Posting to Linux forum: "How do I enable Copilot in Word using WINE on Linux?"

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    [–] auginator@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

    Librewolf here

    [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 7 months ago

    A NOD soldier calibrates his mammoth tank in preparation for an attack on GDI forces

    [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

    I thought we hated AI here on Lemmy?

    [–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Well that is because i would have to install it first because i dont have chrome. Librewolf(firefox fork) for the win! Also i have a shorcut for the browser so its literally faster than most people on other systems. I just press super+w

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