Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes

On 19 May 2025 18:04:54 GMT, vallor wrote:

 
A lot of web sites seem to discriminate against GNU/Linux browsers.
Connections are not possible unless one uses Winblows.

 
That turns out not to be the case.
 

It most certainly does.

Note that I did not say "all" sites but only "a lot" of web sites.

I can use GNU/Linux successfully to pay bills online and to renew
my automobile registration, but the Kroger web site, and others, will
fail.

I suggest that you try www.kroger.com and attempt to order a grocery
delivery using a GNU/Linux browser.  For me, both Firefox and Iron
(chromium based) will fail.

Also, there is a serious problem with Palemoon and Cloudfare:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/1ijlp9x/cloudflare_crashes_pale_moon_browser/

Palemoon is a fantastic alternative browser project that we all
should appreciate.  Palemoon is my main browser.  It should be
yours too.

But the Palemoon issue illustrates that web sites do not give
a flying fuck about web standards and this is likely why I can't
order my groceries from Kroger.com using GNU/Linux.

>
I use a Linux desktop as my "daily driver", and there's only
one reason that I "need" to bring up the Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
virtual machine:  reading a particular book on Kindle, which can't
be read with the Kindle web site.
 

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

You actually pay $$$$$ for e-books?

Holy fuckin' moley!  You need a serious lesson in digital artfulness.



--
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.