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[jj1j1]

This is what I like to see.
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[andyprough]

Also, Firefox-esr says "inactive" by default.

[jj1j1]

Also, Firefox-esr says "inactive" by default.

Is esr the default firefox in mx? Not sure how it is out of the box, but one update and you are managed by the orginization. It s interesting how some devs choose to use enterprise policies, and others do not. Makes me wonder why. Could it be just a lazyness? Throw in a group policy and programming all of a sudden becomes a bit easier.

[andyprough]

Is esr the default firefox in mx? Not sure how it is out of the box, but one update and you are managed by the orginization. It s interesting how some devs choose to use enterprise policies, and others do not. Makes me wonder why. Could it be just a lazyness? Throw in a group policy and programming all of a sudden becomes a bit easier.

No, I think regular Firefox is default for MX, but the only Firefox I use is ESR because its Debian maintainers strip a lot of the junk out of it like Pocket and DRM and some of the telemetry. I've had updates to ESR but I haven't seen any policy change.

As to your other questions I don't really know what you are talking about, sorry. Have you discussed your concerns with the Debian Firefox maintainers? They may be the ones setting up policies, or it may be something that's done at mozilla, I'm not sure. Or you could just build your own, it's quite easy to do and you can configure it how you like. I used to build the nightly version very often for myself.

[jj1j1]

If I had the knowledge/ability to circumvent these enterprise policies I certanly would. And I ve had enough back and fourth with the mx devs to know that they will not do it differently. I ve used several flavers of Linux, and notice that some choose to use enterprise policies, and some do not. The way I see it; placing an enterprise policy in an open source envirnment is an afront to the users, and more impotantly, it s disrectfull to the concept of open source in general; all in the guise of simpler programming.

[SwampRabbit]

If I had the knowledge/ability to circumvent these enterprise policies I certanly would. And I ve had enough back and fourth with the mx devs to know that they will not do it differently. I ve used several flavers of Linux, and notice that some choose to use enterprise policies, and some do not. The way I see it; placing an enterprise policy in an open source envirnment is an afront to the users, and more impotantly, it s disrectfull to the concept of open source in general; all in the guise of simpler programming.

First, do you even know what is being set for FireFox and why it is at way?

Many times it has been explained that there is a legitimate good intended reason for this and it is for the users, it does no harm at all in any way.
Again, it's not an actual "Enterprise Policy", it just comes up that way because that is how FireFox handles it.
If a user wants to use FireFox ESR or anything else they can, no one and nothing is stopping them at all.

You can have your opinion, but FireFox and all changes are open source for MX, go right to the repo and pull it all down if you want.
The settings have nothing to do with it being open source or not. Again, there is a legitimate reason it is all done that way.

Lastly, Bad mouthing MX Linux, the team, and community at large is unacceptable and goes against forum rules.

[Eadwine Rose]

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