I also use Vivaldi here on Zorin 16 Pro and before that for about 4-5 years on Win 10 .... does everything I need include doing all my downloading of stuff from the net .... enjoy .... make sure you do the customizing to make it what you want .... may seem like a lot of choices when you first go into settings but trust me it will be worth it ....
Bookmarks .... just make a copy of them from your other browser in html form or just use the import feature of Vivaldi ... I was coming from Vivaldi to to Vivaldi so I had to use html
Passwords ... If you are coming from Vivaldi it will not let you transfer passwords (users have been complaining about that for years) one time they tried it but then deleted the how to ....
Instead you need to make a copy from Saved Passwords to a folder (so you can find them) and then enter them in manually or you can just open a site and when it asked for your ID and password just enter them .... and choose SAVE .... pain I know but one thing it does is force you to choose which passwords you really need .... you can reinstall them as you need them .... I have only installed about 20 in the past 2 months .... LOL
Not sure about coming from other browsers but I've heard all you have to do is go to the import/export setting and import them that way .... Vivaldi has that setting also but trust me the password import/export will not work ...
Hi Bubby,
Thank you for your message and the welcome it is very much appreciated.
Just to let you know I'm a Gold surfer not Silver (well into senior years). I think you are right re Zorin and M$ I have used all Windows versions and now I think it's time move on DUE to the way M$ is going 'sad'. (Adds, Pop ups, etc., etc.,) The bigest problem for me is getting my OLD head around the terminology used in Linux plus the Apps that go with the OS. A new challenge and learning curve. They say, you are never to old to learn. I'm sure with all of the support and help and advise from users on the forum I will get there. Again many thank's to all who helped with my questions.
Russ.
Your words I can relate to as I feared the abilities of myself being at my age (I'm in my 60s) as well. But I'm here to tell you that if I CAN do it with Zorin ANYBODY can!
The interface is so easy to get use to and like you mentioned above, THE FORUM is the BIGGEST PLUS. Our Moderators are "cream of the crop" (a saying most younger won't get) in response and knowledge. In addition to the Tutorials and Guides and New Zorin OS Users Looking For Help sections that have been set in place for us to learn. It's a WIN - WIN .
Enjoy your Zorin experience and thank you for the input and know I'll be looking forward to your sharing your growing knowledge so I can see things from another viewpoint.
First off welcome to the board .... you're gonna like it here bunch of nice friendly folks reside here and I do mean reside as I don't think many of the mods sleep at all .... LOL
Don't feel bad a lot of us are what we (when I lived in Florida US) called blue-hairs .... even made some songs about it .... LOL .... maybe we should start a seniors club .... Zorin for the Aged .... ....
Please don't feel bad cause as Bubby said above the moderators and other members are really fantastic on here ..... they have a great deal of patients (they have to dealing with me) but as you get more acquainted and start learning things you will get more confidence especially the terminal but like a good friend you have to learn to trust it ......
I agree with everything you said here .... learning new things when you have been used to doing something else for so many years can be difficult to say the least .... the only thing I found easy to do at my age was retiring .... lol
Vivaldi is almost a DE and having watched the browser reviews (I'm leaving Firefox, and this is the browser I picked... - YouTube), I would go for Epiphany Web Browser. I have yet to check out a very useful guide the co-ordinator sent me in how to setup clamtk to check for viruses in email - whilst you may not be affected, clever ones that search for contacts and spread that way is what you need to look out for. When I find the link I will post back.
You change the /home/user part for scanning. Such as .../home/user/ cache or ...
/home/user/.mozilla. That's where a lot of the nasty stuff hides.
Scan your mail folder as well. Create a folder in /home/user such as virus."]
Somebody mention Proton mail? For extra security, don't use the app for the smartphone - use Tor Browser for Android and Tor Browser in Linux. Tor Browser for Linux is easy to setup - just download the tarball (zipped file) extract it and then give the app permissions and you will see it turn into a purple onion! Once launched you can then add to your favourites bar without having to keep going back to the extracted folder in downloads.
I actually don't use proton mail that much so just have the free one and use it primarily for the Linux User Group I am a member of and financial bodies.
My main email uses e.email which I got when I purchased a Google free Android Phone from the e.foundation:
The only smarphone you will ever need, as it has a replaceable battery and components - how many smartphones do you know come with a mini Philips screwdriver? If a component becomes damaged or faulty, just replace with a new one (e.g., camera). Also the entire phone case is made out of recycled plastics, including the protective cover you can purchase for it - the only 'green' phone on the planet!
My answer would be, just like what I read when I first come here in Linux, there's a virus for Linux, yes, but it is different from Windows. And most anti-virus scans windows virus.
Virus is also a program created by programmers/developers who are already tired of their life. Basically, these viruses will only be installed if you allow it to be installed. The case with most linux distro is, everything we install is with our permission. Whether it was a snap, flatpak, appimage, packages, updates etc.
When it comes to something like trojans that usually downloaded together with applications/dramas/movies that you downloaded from untrustworthy source, still, it will not run without your permission.
Adwares, Spywares, Malwares etc are also softwares.
Whether it was in Windows or in Linux, the best way to avoid these more than anti-viruses is to see if the one you are clicking to run is a trustworthy application or not. If the link that you are visiting is secure or not.
Personally, I don't use or thinking of using anti-virus because this is what I think: Linux have a lots of distro. If I'm the one who will create a virus for this one, I think before I got to successfully create one for desktop users, my mind already blown up in studying these 100+ distro compare if I create for Windows. Not to mention that most linux desktop user modifies a lot in both back and front end. So I also wonder how much percentage for a virus creator to successfully modifies your OS that you already modified from its original state. Servers can, and I heard more often be targeted, because you cannot just easily change everything in server OS. It's a server.
Yea but they are talking about bringing them back because of this new strain which appeared out of nowhere .... LOL ...
A lot of the banks and personal businesses and such won't let you enter without one regardless of what the government says .... the Mrs got turned down just yesterday trying to use our local bank .... lol ....
We are lucky as we are the only country in the world .... that I know of .... where it was mandatory to wear face shields .... and I shall not go into why I think we were required to wear them ....
Just a quick reminder of the Present Topic - Computer Viruses on Linux.
There are multitudes of reliable and reputable scientific sources available on the web that any user can reference for information on handling Covid-19 and staying safe.