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What is the most opinionated linux distro? (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/550905

Basically, which linux distro is the best for a non-power user? Someone who wants to be able to get up and running without having to learn how to manage the OS using the cli.

Quick example: When I install a new OS, the first thing I want to do is install Brave. That should be as easy as "click on this thing, type in brave, select Brave, install."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Offtopic, but I'd steer clear of brave. They feel scammy, have crypto built in and replace ads with their own. Since it's built on chromium it just adds to the market share of chromium and towards a Google controlled internet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And their CEO is a bigot.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Link proof when you make accusations or shut the fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There you go: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mozilla-ceo-brendan-eich-to-step-down-1396554132

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alas, we have reached a point where lots of web stuff already just does not work in non chromium browsers. My father could not use Netflix on Firefox on Linux mint, we called Netflix customer support and they said to install Google chrome. And it then worked. I use opera and it worked for me too. So a chromium browser is needed, for streaming stuff at least. And non googled chromium probably does not have the commercial addons needed.

What would be the least bad chromium family browser then ?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

firefox and a torrent client

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i can live with that 👍