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and this is ine of the reasons linux is a dud as a desktop os. there is no 'malware' here. the guy went to the company's official site. downloaded their officia

and this is ine of the reasons linux is a dud as a desktop os. there is no 'malware' here. the guy went to the company's official site. downloaded their official installer. running that should now do the install and figure out whatever else it needs. like it does on windows. yes, if you download and install malware that's bad. no one asked you to be the nanny -just di what you were asked.

zrm 6y ago
You can download the official installer and install it. That's just not what happens by default when you click on it, because that's not how you get 99% of software on Linux. So if you're doing it that way it's either because you know what you're doing, in which case you know what to do with the .deb, or you don't know what you're doing, in which case you ought not to be installing random binaries from the web. All you have to do on Ubuntu is right click on it and choose "Open With Other Application" and then choose "Software Install". But that friction is intentional. It makes you pause and ask why that software isn't in the package manager. And then whether you really need a browser with a proprietary license and closed source components instead of using Firefox or installing Chromium, which is in the package manager.
- MikusR 6y ago
  That doesn'work in latest Ubuntu. You have to use dpkg from terminal
  - zrm 6y ago
    I just tried it in Ubuntu 20.04 and it worked. Software Install can open a .deb, it's just not associated with them by default to keep novices from shooting themselves in the foot.
    - MikusR 6y ago
      When I tried a couple weeks ago it didn't.
- dungdang 6y ago
  chrome from chrome's website is not a random binary. it the official installer for the most-used browser, from one of the most known companies in the world. when i download an installer, and click on it, it should *gasp -install. again, i know you're smart. i'm an engineer, and was a unix admin for 10 years. your type of thinking is focusing on details so much that you miss the whole simple point of what you're doing. windows doesn't have this problem.

zrm 6y ago

You can download the official installer and install it. That's just not what happens by default when you click on it, because that's not how you get 99% of software on Linux. So if you're doing it that way it's either because you know what you're doing, in which case you know what to do with the .deb, or you don't know what you're doing, in which case you ought not to be installing random binaries from the web. All you have to do on Ubuntu is right click on it and choose "Open With Other Application" and then choose "Software Install". But that friction is intentional. It makes you pause and ask why that software isn't in the package manager. And then whether you really need a browser with a proprietary license and closed source components instead of using Firefox or installing Chromium, which is in the package manager.

MikusR 6y ago
That doesn'work in latest Ubuntu. You have to use dpkg from terminal
- zrm 6y ago
  I just tried it in Ubuntu 20.04 and it worked. Software Install can open a .deb, it's just not associated with them by default to keep novices from shooting themselves in the foot.
  - MikusR 6y ago
    When I tried a couple weeks ago it didn't.
dungdang 6y ago
chrome from chrome's website is not a random binary. it the official installer for the most-used browser, from one of the most known companies in the world. when i download an installer, and click on it, it should *gasp -install. again, i know you're smart. i'm an engineer, and was a unix admin for 10 years. your type of thinking is focusing on details so much that you miss the whole simple point of what you're doing. windows doesn't have this problem.