Linux Mint signs a partnership with Mozilla

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Linux Mint signs a partnership with Mozilla (blog.linuxmint.com)

Firefox will continue to be distributed as .deb packages through the official Linux Mint repositories. Its configuration and the way it is built is changing to make the Linux Mint version of Firefox much more similar (almost identical in fact) to the version which is distributed by Mozilla.

In the past Linux Mint used its own default settings and configured Firefox in a specific way. Most of this configuration is abandoned to go back to Mozilla defaults.

The default start page no longer points to https://www.linuxmint.com/start/ The default search engines no longer include Linux Mint search partners (Yahoo, DuckDuckGo…) but Mozilla search partners (Google, Amazon, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ebay…) The default configuration switches from Mint defaults to Mozilla defaults. Firefox no longer includes code changes or patches from Linux Mint, Debian or Ubuntu.

>Firefox will continue to be distributed as .deb packages through the official Linux Mint repositories. Its configuration and the way it is built is changing to make the Linux Mint version of Firefox much more similar (almost identical in fact) to the version which is distributed by Mozilla. > >In the past Linux Mint used its own default settings and configured Firefox in a specific way. Most of this configuration is abandoned to go back to Mozilla defaults. > > The default start page no longer points to https://www.linuxmint.com/start/ > The default search engines no longer include Linux Mint search partners (Yahoo, DuckDuckGo…) but Mozilla search partners (Google, Amazon, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ebay…) > The default configuration switches from Mint defaults to Mozilla defaults. Firefox no longer includes code changes or patches from Linux Mint, Debian or Ubuntu.

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The default engine will switch to Google

Gay

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They were hocking this on NPR, so that's basically a kike stamp of approval. I'm not sure I trust it.

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There is always Waterfox and Vivaldi.

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I'll check it out, using Brave now but Chromium is gay I should better myself and become straight.

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If you don't want Chromiumm then besides librewolf that leaves Waterfox and IceDragon as independent Gecko based browsers.

Palemoon are run by furry faggots who block some of the ad blockers from being installed without changing internal settings.

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well that sucks, though it's not surprising. Seen this kinda stuff coming once RHEL sold to IBM.

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So Mint is cucked, got it.

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At the moment Mint is still one of the better distros for ~~newbies~~ normal people.

Let's get shit straight

You want an orthodox desktop (typical "windows xp" type of UI, but better looking), to perform actual work on it, and which doesn't look like stupid crap, you have (at least) an i5 with 8gb of ram and an SSD, you take mint with cinnamon and you set the desktop theme to dark (Mint-Y-Dark for windows borders and controls and Desktop, Mint-X-Dark for icons, DMZ-Black for mouse pointer, with bottom tool bar on auto-hide), and you have something GOOD (given that your wifi card and sound card don't require some weird ass proprietary blob)

I started with a mint 20.1 that got upgraded to 20.2, shit's rock solid, it's reliable

https://u.smutty.horse/mfceesbplfm.png

And I usually hate desktop distros for a reason or another, but this one, it's fine, it doesn't get on my nerves. I sometimes miss my "bare bone custom tiling window manager setup" on rare occasions, which I have been using for years because ubuntu-no-fucking-way and debian desktop feels like being stuck in a slovakian hospital during the 70s https://u.smutty.horse/mfcegimcbyf.png

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Mint has been the go to recommend for working out of the box Linux distros for normal people to use and possibly install on their own.

Especially if they have an old laptop laying around that they stopped using.

Now I know to remove Firefox and install Brave or Waterfox..

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Just make sure you don't have an Nvidia card. Then all bets are out the window. Nouveau will hard freeze the system. Nvidia blobs may or may not work. Good luck.

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It has (((system.d))). It's cucked by microsoft.

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When it works. It's batting 0.25 for me in the last two years.

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Well maybe you should invest in a decent computer, or invest in a smaller screen

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Yeah, this just serves to prove what I have thought for a while. Mint is a overrated, dying distro.

Mozilla will make a fine, politically correct casket for them.

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Yeah, this just serves to prove what I have thought for a while. ~~Mint~~ Firefox is a overrated, dying ~~distro~~ browser.

FIFY!

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-joins-new-partners-to-fund-open-source-digital-infrastructure/

JULY 23, 2020 author MOZILLA Today, Mozilla is pleased to announce that we’re joining the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations to launch a...

A shit

To launch, a shit