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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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      @BRRABill said:

      I think a good pop-up blocker as @RojoLoco suggested would be key here.

      And education, as I mentioned.

      Those are good things. But why retain the extra effort and risk of Windows? Doesn't that only hurt them?

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      • BRRABillB
        BRRABill @scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        @scottalanmiller said:

        I don't even know what this statement could mean.

        Me either.

        🙂

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
          last edited by

          Why not a Chromebook?

          OH, WTF - Chromebooks don't allow you to put favorites on the desktop - sigh!

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said:

            Why not a Chromebook?

            OH, WTF - Chromebooks don't allow you to put favorites on the desktop - sigh!

            they do sort of.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said:

              @Dashrender said:

              Why not a Chromebook?

              OH, WTF - Chromebooks don't allow you to put favorites on the desktop - sigh!

              they do sort of.

              If you have a tutorial, I'd love it.. my googling showed no way to do it.

              The desktop remains empty and seemingly useless.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @Dashrender said:

                Why not a Chromebook?

                OH, WTF - Chromebooks don't allow you to put favorites on the desktop - sigh!

                they do sort of.

                If you have a tutorial, I'd love it.. my googling showed no way to do it.

                The desktop remains empty and seemingly useless.

                What desktop are you looking at? You do mean the Chrome start screen, right?

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                • BRRABillB
                  BRRABill
                  last edited by

                  I've also figured out a way around the Linux/ChromeBook answer for future reference.

                  "The user is very basic and needs/wants iTunes."

                  🙂

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill
                    last edited by

                    @BRRABill said:

                    I've also figured out a way around the Linux/ChromeBook answer for future reference.

                    "The user is very basic and needs/wants iTunes."

                    🙂

                    But the more basic that they are, the more Linux and Chomebooks make sense. It's only advanced power users that would want the extra cost and complications of Windows, right?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      iTunes is not for basic users. That causes all kinds of problems and is relatively complicated to deal with. Basic and iTunes don't go together.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @Dashrender said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @Dashrender said:

                        Why not a Chromebook?

                        OH, WTF - Chromebooks don't allow you to put favorites on the desktop - sigh!

                        they do sort of.

                        If you have a tutorial, I'd love it.. my googling showed no way to do it.

                        The desktop remains empty and seemingly useless.

                        What desktop are you looking at? You do mean the Chrome start screen, right?

                        on the Chromebook I just gave one of my doctors, after they logged into the device they are presented a desktop similar to what you get with any modern GUI interface.

                        A wallpaper (with I think Zero icons) and a start bar across the bottom with something like 4 icons (Chrome, Gmail, Google Photos, and something else).

                        My doctor asked if there was a way to put an icon on the desktop (on the wallpaper) that when clicked/double clicked (not sure how it worked) would automatically go to the desired website instead of the default homepage.

                        I could not find instructions telling me how to do this. In fact, I found the opposite - telling me it couldn't be done without 3rd party add-ons.

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          But the more basic that they are, the more Linux and Chomebooks make sense. It's only advanced power users that would want the extra cost and complications of Windows, right?

                          iTunes screams advanced user to you?

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @BRRABill
                            last edited by

                            @BRRABill said:

                            I've also figured out a way around the Linux/ChromeBook answer for future reference.

                            "The user is very basic and needs/wants iTunes."

                            🙂

                            Wait a second.. iTunes is now all in the cloud, no local client needed.
                            The mobile device will sync wirelessly.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @BRRABill
                              last edited by

                              @BRRABill said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              But the more basic that they are, the more Linux and Chomebooks make sense. It's only advanced power users that would want the extra cost and complications of Windows, right?

                              iTunes screams advanced user to you?

                              Not smart user, but not basic. It's NOT simple to use, install or maintain. It's not something for people who want systems to "just work", exactly the opposite.

                              Just like, why would they use Windows if they were basic... why make simple things hard just for fun?

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                iTunes on Mint

                                Youtube Video

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                                • BRRABillB
                                  BRRABill
                                  last edited by

                                  BAH! LOL.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @BRRABill
                                    last edited by

                                    @BRRABill said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    But the more basic that they are, the more Linux and Chomebooks make sense. It's only advanced power users that would want the extra cost and complications of Windows, right?

                                    iTunes screams advanced user to you?

                                    Yes, because it means you expect the user to plug it into the computer and not just sync wirelessly.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @BRRABill said:

                                      I've also figured out a way around the Linux/ChromeBook answer for future reference.

                                      "The user is very basic and needs/wants iTunes."

                                      🙂

                                      Wait a second.. iTunes is now all in the cloud, no local client needed.
                                      The mobile device will sync wirelessly.

                                      I've been on iPhones for a long time, never needed iTunes. No idea what it is for other than hardware recovery and it really, really sucks having to install it just for that and take all of the problems that it creates.

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver
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                                        There is a really good Linux alternative to iTunes that will connect with iPods/iPhones. The only downside (if you can call it that) is that it doesn't have the itunes store.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                          last edited by

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          I could not find instructions telling me how to do this. In fact, I found the opposite - telling me it couldn't be done without 3rd party add-ons.

                                          I thought that mine opened Chrome itself by default, why would there be a desktop at all, I wonder?

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                                          • BRRABillB
                                            BRRABill @Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            @Dashrender said:

                                            Wait a second.. iTunes is now all in the cloud, no local client needed.
                                            The mobile device will sync wirelessly.

                                            Not if you use it for your local library. Or want to use iTunes Music.

                                            I wish it was. I'd have already moved to it. And is the reason I've been using Google Play almost exclusively.

                                            One of the things ML really has spurred me to do. Get to the cloud, young man.

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