Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2013-09-15 at 19:10 +0800, Ho Wan Chan wrote: I'm afraid that the start page in Firefox is not set by us, but bt Ubuntu itself. I would suggest you to ask the Ubuntu Developers (not us) about this matter. Not OT anymore ;). Before Firefox is started for the first time, there's no

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-15 Thread Len Ovens
On Sun, 15 Sep 2013, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Before Firefox is started for the first time, there's no ~/.mozilla/. It would be possible to install a ~/.mozilla/ by the Ubuntu Studio desktop meta package. Not only to replace the search engine, resp. even when not replacing the search engine, but

[ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I recommend to use https://startpage.com as the default search engine. Read more: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/2013-September/005944.html 2 Cents, Ralf -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-14 Thread lukefromdc
That's a great idea! In today's world, for any distro to set Google as a default search engine places their users in danger. This is because of accidental searches when such functionality is not explicitly disabled, and Google's NSA connections. On 09/14/2013 at 2:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-09-14 at 20:12 +0100, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: That's a great idea! In today's world, for any distro to set Google as a default search engine places their users in danger. This is because of accidental searches when such functionality is not explicitly disabled, and

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-14 Thread Mike Holstein
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 4:02 PM, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: Stuff like the Opera auto-resurrection of Google as default search makes me glad I removed Chromium outright from my machines. I'm not going to use any version of Flash that is not supported by Firefox or Rekonq, nor any website

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Default search engine

2013-09-14 Thread Mike Holstein
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 8:23 PM, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: Google's logging of IP addresses gives them a searchable list of all searches from anyone using a static IP address, or a string of IP addresses forwarded by law enforcement. The static IP info can be sold to marketers, dynamic