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On 18/01/17 08:59, Lists via list wrote: > I hate adverts. Let me be more accurate, I hate having adverts thrown at > me when I am concentrating on something else. On TV for instance when > the ads appear I turn off the sound. I do understand that ads can be > useful when I am looking for something in particular. It is just having > them thrust at a time when I am not in that 'search mode' that annoys me > so much. > > I have a laptop computer as a spare, my main one being a desk top. I > have seen a few comments recently about Linux Lite as a distro worth a > look. So I thought that I would give it a once over. > > However, when I opened its main web site I was greeted with the > information that I am running an ad blocker. Correct. If I want to look > at the site I must disable it. No chance. They claim that they are > "currently losing 42% of our income due to Ad Blockers". That seems a > very accurate percentage. How can they be so sure? > > I also found via another site that to install Lite I need to have legacy > mode switched on in UEFI. Again, no chance. So goodbye Linux Lite. > > I have come across this request to turn off any ad blockers before, but > never on the main web site of a Linux distro. What a pain. I won't comment on the adverts thing except to say that predictably, I hate them with a vengeance and block them unilaterally, but a couple of other things intrigued me, so: Google Analytics is a powerful thing. Getting hard stats on pretty much aspect of your web-facing presence is trivial these days. More importantly, do you believe their claim, or even care? If so, why? Disabling UEFI I would never have imagined being a blocking issue for you... making linux install/play nice with full UEFI/secure boot support is still borderline rocket science at this point. I would have presumed you'd be in exactly the opposite camp - demanding a system that UEFI could definitely be switched into legacy mode (effectively emulating the old school BIOS mode and allowing USB boot, MBR disks and easy linux installs). Am I missing something or do you have this entirely the wrong way around? Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq