by Ricardo2020 » Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:43 am
Always glad to be of service.
The mouse right click is one of the most misunderstood and underused features of the modern PC OS. Think of it as the choice function. You get to choose what happens next. Then the left click makes that happen. The left click can select and execute functions. It can select files. It can drag over and select text. But the right click is what gives the PC an edge over phones and tablets. Folks who tell you how they do all their work on a phone have never figured out how much more powerful a PC is.
Then there are two ways we can work with PCs. One is local. The other is in the cloud. The local method keeps the files you create on your machine and they stay private unless you open a share to another machine on the LAN or in the cloud. The cloud is somebody else's computer and the stuff you put there is open game to social media, advertisers, hackers and AI bots. This is the main reason I stay local. The cloud is really scary, and if your stuff is no longer hosted there, it is gone unless you retain a local copy.
Linux Mint is mostly a local OS. You can do cloudy stuff with it, but most people run Linux to stay off the cloud as much as possible since they are well aware of the risks. Windows, Android and Apple all use the cloud to such an extent that it is hard to avoid the shares. All the payware running on these platforms also shares your work by default. And so, to keep your stuff yours, avoid the cloud and the social media encrusted software when possible. It gets harder every day, but for those who know how, the cloud can still be kept at bay.
A word about Chrome: It is a Google product. Google is an advertiser. Its how they got so rich and powerful. They steal and sell, just like all ad based crapware. What's worse, any browser extensions you now use to block ads and other harmful or annoying content will mostly stop working after Manifest 3 comes out in 2024. Thus, Chrome and all its forks such as Opera, Vivaldi, and such, will not be good for those who value privacy and ad free webbing. After all, Chrome is a marketing tool.
As for the Mozilla camp, your extensions will still work. And when they stop, new ones will replace them. Most folks who run Firefox and its forks are keen on keeping the spyware out. If you get used to the ad free web and try to surf without the extensions, the internet becomes very painful if not impossible to safely use. This is why mobile devices are so dangerous. There is no controlling them since they are loss leaders by design and the cost of using them is you since you are the product being stolen and sold.
By the way, welcome to the community. Happy human making...
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