From: zsd@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2024-10-28 at 01:10 ADT, Alexander Grotewohl  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:51:03 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-10-27 at 15:16 ADT, root  wrote:   
   >>> Jim Diamond  wrote:   
   >>>> I am using Alien Bob's chromium chromium-130.0.6723.58-x86_64-1alien   
   >>>> package on S64-15.0.   
   >>>>   
   >>> I'm sorry I can't help with your problem Jim, but I have a question.   
   >>> Have you recently switched over to Slackware 15? Also, why would one   
   >>> prefer Alien Bob's Chromium over Google's google-chrome-stable?   
   >>   
   >> My reasons for using chromium (as opposed to chrome) are now mostly lost   
   >> in the depths of time, but I have a vague recollection about chromium   
   >> not tracking you to the same degree as chrome does.  While I don't have   
   >> any major secrets I'm hiding from google, they don't need to know   
   >> everything about me, either.   
   >>   
   >> (And yes, I realize that Alien Bob has a package which is more   
   >> de-googled, and perhaps I should be using that.)   
   >   
   >   
   > i use the chromium-ungoogled build from him to access a plugin for the   
   > LINE messenger, so i don't use it extensively, but i did poke around some   
   > websites today to fake it and i didn't get those errors.   
   >   
   > unsolicited but i think it's neat:   
   >   
   > https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store   
   >   
   > will net you normal plugin support again.. though i'd imagine you're   
   > undoing a minor bit of of degoogling at that point (it watches for   
   > updates)   
      
   Thanks for your comments.  I wonder if I am missing some "desktop   
   environment" thing (I use fvwm3), or whether there is some other weird   
   thing happening on my system.  Oh well...   
      
                                   Jim   
      
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