This is the whole point of Linux - choice. Admittedly there is too much to the point of frustrating many potential Windows migrants but just a tiny bit of pre installation research will identify the specific distro types likely to have less stable updates. Worst case scenario is a blown system that the user can reinstall with total basic functionality in around 10 minutes, something you cannot do by a mile with Windows 10.
The first command tells you whether google-chrome is installed & the version. The second prints lines from your /etc/apt folder containing the string "google". With the second command, I have: Code: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.save:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
xxxxxxxxx:~$ apt policy google-chrome* google-chrome-unstable: Installed: (none) Candidate: 75.0.3753.4-1 Version table: 75.0.3753.4-1 500 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages google-chrome-beta: Installed: (none) Candidate: 74.0.3729.61-1 Version table: 74.0.3729.61-1 500 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages google-chrome-stable: Installed: 73.0.3683.103-1 Candidate: 73.0.3683.103-1 Version table: *** 73.0.3683.103-1 500 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
And the second: xxxxxxx:~$ grep -Ev '(^#|^ *$|deb-src)' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* | grep google /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.distUpgrade:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.save:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Thanks for the info on sudo commands Vasa. I'm filing that under stuff that might be useful about Chrome. lol
Neither command needed "sudo" and neither are limited to Chrome. It just so happened Chrome was the subject. I keep a (growing) list of "diagnostic" commands handy. Beats posting images when a line or two of terminal output would suffice.
OK thanks. I meant 'Terminal' commands anyway lol. Loads of people told me Chrome needed a ppa to update. But when I switched from Chromium to Chrome I just went to the Google Chrome site and there was a version specifically coded for Ubuntu. So installing it was a no brainer. It updates with other updates, like Firefox.
Here's the funny thing. According to the same browser sniffer site, my Chromebook's always out of date.
IIRC when you install Google Chrome via its web site, there's a small bit on the screen which advises you to check some box (?) if you want automatic updates. And doing so is what adds the repository (not ppa as I wrongly stated). Once that's done Google Chrome will indeed update just like any other software from the repos. I think the Opera browser installation does something similar.
I did an installation today of Chrome on Linux, they are not currently displaying a box, instead they tell you a script to run if you do not want the automatic updates.
That's interesting because I don't recall checking a box, but the script thing sounds familiar. I think I swapped Chromium for Chrome on Ubuntu about a couple of years ago.
Thanks on that. Making some moves to see how Mint 19 might fit. If it takes hold for me on one well enough it might be transition time.
"Smoother update process for the OS and software" This. zillion times this. I don't even remember when I last time saw kernel panic on Linux after update.
Have had some experience with MINT starting at series 14 and actually liked it's ease of use for starter ups. First time doing an install though and it will be in a SSD. While I don't expect much in the way of issues it's reassuring enough members are already well grounded here and can point you to the right place if or when then happen.
Mint is made from Ubuntu which is from Debian. Mint is the starters distro by excellence, great and helpful forum with detailed tutos. Then when you masters it enough then you can choose a distro a level deeper.
Don't know which distro(s) you use, but this is true of Ubuntu and its forks such as Mint. Unfortunately, it is not the case with all distros. For instance, lots of people on the forums have complained about things breaking after updates on Manjaro. I had breakage after updates on Parrot. There is something they call "bleeding edge" distros, they have much more update issues. They are basically in a perpetual state of alpha/beta testing, if I understand right, with those distros.
I've been hearing people and reading articles with predictions of Linux to replace Windows for decades. Seriously. I have.
