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Before I start my rant, just let me clarify that I still feel Firefox is far superior to Internet Explorer. It’s still my browser of choice, but I really don’t appreciate not being given the choice to make Firefox my default browser upon installation.

I’ve read that some people feel this is amusing, but I found it disturbing that Firefox takes deliberate measures to hijack your browsing.

After the installation, just try clicking on your IE icon. It opens up FireFox instead of Explorer. NOT NICE, and BAD BUSINESS I say!

Just before the completion of the installation of Firefox 3.0, there’s a message that says something like “Firefox will become your default browser”. There was no choice given at that point! I saw it, but didn’t care much about that. I figured I could just go in and change it.

After searching for the box to tick or untick, I couldn’t find one. I did find a box in Tools/Options/Advanced/General, that says “Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup”. This box by default was unchecked. So obviously this check would never be performed.
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It’s been a month now since I installed the Linux platform with the Ubuntu bundled package. I spent a few days tweaking things, and exploring some of the different plugins. It comes bundled with the latest FireFox 3.0.

I was very pleased with how easy it was to install. There is a very user friendly interface, with a menu running along the top of the screen. Under the “System” tab, there is a full suite of Administrative/System tools at your disposal.

There is a vast catalogue of open source software that can easily be installed simply by using the very user friendly “Add/Remove” tool. You can choose from different categories such as:

Accessories

Education

Games

Graphics

Internet

Office

Other

I must admit, this is much more user friendly than I thought it was going to be. I’ve read that in the past, the Linux user interface required some technical understanding beyond the every day user’s capabilities. However, after some recent upgrades, someone coming from Windows or Mac could easily get started.
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