Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

[Shlomi Fish]

On Monday 21 Dec 2009 21:16:45 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > If you have problems with the fonts, you can easily change them in
> > Firefox using Edit -> Preferences. But please stop using Internet
> > Explorer.
> 
> He may need to turn on font anti-aliasing for non-MS programs. By
> default, Windows XP does not anti-alias Firefox fonts, and they do
> look terrible.
> 

I see. Interesting. Uri, can you try that?

> >> My operating system is Windows XP.  Sorry - no open source OS for me
> >> yet.  I'm waiting for Google OS - maybe I'll switch in a few years.
> >
> > Google Chrome OS is a stripped-down version of Linux that only gives you
> > a browser. I don't know how any power-user can use it. You should use
> > plain Linux instead.
> 
> If Chrome OS will suit his needs, then he should know that the current
> Ubuntu does everything that Chrome OS will do and more, except the
> fast boot and integration with Google services out of the box.

I should note that not only Ubuntu can do that, but that most desktop-oriented 
distributions can as well. Linux is not (only) Ubuntu.

Regarding integration with Google services out of the box, that may not be a 
bad thing, because this also means that Google is spying on you, which you may 
not want:

* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/07/schmidt_on_privacy/

* http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/13/1925206/

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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