u/Emotional_Material42

Hello there, Firefox commuity!

I desperately need your help guys.

I use macOS Monterey 12.7.6 (21H1320) and Firefox 153.0.4 (64-bit) version.

I’m very satisfied with this browser, but there’s one problem I’m struggling with: I can’t get a truly full-screen mode like I had in Google Chrome or Orion.

I mean a mode where you see nothing but the webpage — no URL bar, no tabs, no clock, nothing. Just the webpage taking up the entire screen.

I’ve gotten so used to this feature in old browser that I honestly can’t live without it anymore. 😅

Is there any way to achieve this in Firefox?

I tried Control + Command + F, but it didn’t work for me. I also tried several extensions, but none of them worked correctly.

Some of them kind of worked, but the top bar kept jumping around or getting stuck. It just wasn’t smooth like in Chrome but rather annoying.

I would really appreciate any advice on how to get a truly full-screen in Firefox.
The only one thing if you recomend extension, please recomend the one you actually used yourself.

Because there a lot of them but not many actually work correctly.

Thank you!

I have a problem with my MacBook. It was lagging and constantly running hot after the new Tahoe update. I got tired of Mac OS and decided to try a few light Linux distributions.

Linux Mint didn’t get along well with the AMD graphics card, while Arch Linux had similar issues. It worked, but not everything worked correctly with the T2 chip, especially graphics.

I was only using Linux versions that support the T2 chip.

So, my question is the same as in the title: could you please recommend a light and very cold, and super-fast OS for an Intel i7 T2 MacBook?

It has to work perfectly with Apple’s T2 chip, be super fast and run cool.
I’m also looking for something that is easy to install.
Like something that you actually tried yourself and didn't spend a weeks on drivers issues.

I have a bit of a dilemma and I'd like to hear your thoughts.

I'm considering installing Windows 7 or Windows Vista on my MacBook.

I bought myself a new Intel MacBook Pro sometime around 2022 (6-core i7 / 16 GB DDR4 / 500 GB SSD) because my old laptop simply couldn't keep up anymore. I only needed the laptop for fairly light work (MS Office / a couple of SaaS services) and a bit of browsing. That's basically it. I never planned to run any demanding software or games on it.

For several years, the laptop worked absolutely wonderfully. I couldn't have been happier with switching from Windows to Mac. It was pleasant to use, well-designed, fast, and I was really happy with it.

But lately, ever since Apple switched to its own M-series processors, the laptop seems to get worse and worse with every OS update. And it has also started getting ridiculously hot.

It used to stay completely cool no matter what I was doing. The fans would barely even turn on. Now it basically cooks my legs.

I'm not even exaggerating — it's literally a hot aluminum sheet sitting on my lap. :)

The workload is more or less the same, if anything even lighter. So I'm starting to suspect that the newer versions of macOS simply aren't a great fit for this Intel CPU, even though it updated itself (I didn't do anything manually).

Activity Monitor constantly shows around 91–97% idle CPU, yet I can physically feel how hot the laptop gets, even when I'm just using a text editor.

I've disabled a bunch of services and animations, and I even asked AI to generate a script that forcibly disables a huge amount of unnecessary stuff and forces the discrete GPU to be used. The laptop started working noticeably better, but it's still not quite right — it still runs hot.

So I started wondering: why not install a really lightweight OS that might be better suited to Intel hardware and put less strain on it?

Especially since I don't really need all the fancy modern features anyway, and I don't do anything particularly sensitive on this laptop that would make me worry too much about security.

Of course, I could try downgrading to an older version of macOS (which would probably be the more sensible option), but sometimes I REALLY want to play The Sims 2 🫣, and it doesn't run properly on modern Mac setups.

Besides, I started thinking: why do I even need a new, heavy OS with a million services and features I don't need and that mostly just annoy me?

I could obviously install Windows 8/10/11, but I still remember using them on my old HP ProBooks with Intel i5 and AMD hardware. They were... okay at best. They lagged, crashed, and generally weren't particularly pleasant to use.

The most stable and sensible Windows versions I remember using were actually Vista and Windows 7.

Linux not considering because of The Sims 2.

So what do you guys think?

Would you personally install Windows 7 or Vista?

And is it even realistically possible to install them on an Intel MacBook?

What kind of problems could I run into?

And does anyone here still use either of them nowadays?

People who work in fuel trading, what advice would you give to someone who wants to enter the industry?

I'm interested in becoming a self-employed diesel fuel trader and would like to learn from people with real experience.

What should I learn first? What are the biggest mistakes beginners make? Which skills are the most valuable? Are there any books, courses, or industry resources you'd recommend?

I'd also love to hear how you got started and what you would do differently if you were starting from scratch today.