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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A quick search on _noticeable_ Linux improvements since 2014
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:56:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-09, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-03-08 11:18 p.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-03-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-03-08 4:24 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>> On 2025-03-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-03-07 3:38 p.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-03-07, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:04:40 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't have appimaged or AppImage Launcher installed so (on this
>>>>>>>> machine, at least) the integration is not automatic.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I only recently found appimaged.  Trying to manually edit .desktop files
>>>>>>> and get anything to appear on the GNOME 'Show Apps' wasn't very fruitful.
>>>>>>> The Arduino IDE v2 is an appimage and after I installed the daemon it
>>>>>>> showed up. I was somewhat surprised that just downloading the LibreWolf
>>>>>>> file kicked the process off. I like things that just work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll have to install it. I think I already have it on the computer that runs
>>>>>> Linux Mint 22.
>>>>>
>>>>> By the way, you probably should know that LibreWolf have revealed
>>>>> themselves to be very woke.
>>>>> <https://lunduke.substack.com/p/firefox-fork-llibrewolf-declares>
>>>>
>>>> I installed it using the repository method. I don't like that it doesn't
>>>> keep track of things, like maximizing your window at startup, or your zoom
>>>> or theme settings for specific sites. They say this is for security, but it
>>>> seems like it's a little too much — at least for my taste.
>>>>
>>>> I had no idea that LibreWolf was Woke. I pretty much figure I won't be able
>>>> to use much of anything if I look into the Woke factor too deeply for the
>>>> applications I want to use.
>>>>
>>>> Now I see that they declare themselves to be "very Woke," so another reason
>>>> to kick them to the curb.
>>>>
>>>> So much for LibreWolf.
>>>
>>> It's Brave or nothing, the way that I see it.
>> 
>> No real uBlock Origin.
>
> You can make the ad blocking more aggressive which ends up being much 
> like uBlock Origin. I keep it at the default setting, and everything is 
> quite fine.

Maybe sometime in the future. As of now, I've got Firefox customized the way 
I like it and it's what I'm used to using.

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien