[svlug] Mint in the Interim - Maybe WAS: Re: I hate Ubuntu Unity. I am soliciting suggestions.

[Jesse Monroy]

On 5/22/16, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Jesse Monroy (jesse650 at gmail.com):
>
>> Hey guys,
>> it looks like Mint will be it for one of my laptops, and possible the
>> windows
>> desktop (dual boot). I'm going to try the other suggestions - ala
>> Bruce-style
>> when I get a chance.
>>
>> My only question is can a use or get a latter webbrowser to work with it.
>> Firefox 40+ and Chrome 40+?
>
> (To clarify, Linux Mint 17.3 'Rosa' comes by default with Firefox 42.0.
> It does not of course come with Google Chrome because that is
> proprietary software that AFAIK may not be lawfully redistributed by
> third parties.  I recommend Chromium, the open soure base browser of
> which Google Chrome is a proprietary variant.)
>
> Have you looked at
> http://libre-software.net/how-to-install-firefox-on-ubuntu-linux-mint/ ?
>
>> I'm developing mobile apps and think my version were
>> Firefox 35 and Chrome 29
>
> How to make Chromium available on Linux Mint:
> https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/764
>
> Above is the result of about a minute of Web searching.
>
>
Thanks Rick,
I guess my next question (as someone who should have Googled)
Is besides 'Linux Mint' what other keywords might be useful?

TiA
Jesse