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--- notes:firefox [2023/07/26 12:41] – Sean Rhone
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-====== Info ======
-  * Old notes on how to configure Firefox on Linux
-====== about:config ======
-===== Hardware-specific =====
-****
-<code>layout.frame_rate</code>
-===== 1 =====
-****
-<code>accessibility.force_disabled</code>
-===== true =====
-<code>network.dns.echconfig.enabled</code>
-<code>network.dns.use_https_rr_as_altsvc</code>
-<code>layers.acceleration.force-enabled</code>
-<code>extensions.screenshots.disabled</code>
-===== false =====
-<code>identity.fxaccounts.enabled</code>
-<code>extensions.pocket.enabled</code>
-<code>browser.preferences.moreFromMozilla</code>
-<code>browser.messaging-system.whatsNewPanel.enabled</code>
-<code>browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.useRemoteL10n</code>
-====== Mozilla Firefox ======
-===== Settings =====
-==== Environment Variables ====
-  * Enables hardware acceleration, smooth-scrolling, and EGL
-  * :!: WebRenderer requires the previous ''MOZ_ACCELERATED'' variable as well
-  echo -e 'export MOZ_ACCELERATED=1\nexport MOZ_WEBRENDER=1\nexport MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1\nexport MOZ_X11_EGL=1' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/firefox-hwaccel.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/firefox-hwaccel.sh'
-  sudo -e '/etc/profile.d/firefox-hwaccel.sh'
-==== Default Profile ====
-  rm -fv '/tmp/profiles.ini' && nano '/tmp/profiles.ini' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' '/tmp/profiles.ini'
-<code>
-[General]
-StartWithLastProfile=1
-[Profile0]
-Name=default
-IsRelative=1
-Path=CHANGEME
-Default=1</code>
-==== user.js ====
-  * Last updated: 2021/04/02
-  * :!: IPv6 is disabled in order to prevent WebRTC from grabbing an IPv6 address even though NetworkManager has it disabled
-  * :!: ''media.peerconnection.enabled'' disables WebRTC
-  * :!: ''layout.frame_rate'' needs adjusted for displays with a refresh rate higher than 60Hz ((go to Help -> Troubleshooting information (or ''about:support'') and check ''Target Frame Rate''))
-  rm -fv '/tmp/user.js' && nano '/tmp/user.js'
-<code>
-/*********
- * Video *
- *********/
-user_pref("media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled", true);
-user_pref("media.ffvpx.enabled", false);
-user_pref("media.rdd-vpx.enabled", false);
-user_pref("media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled", true);
-/**************
- * Dark Theme *
- **************/
-user_pref("browser.in-content.dark-mode", true);
-user_pref("ui.systemUsesDarkTheme", 1);
-/***********
- * General *
- ***********/
-user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false);
-user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
-user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false);
-user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
-user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount", 40);
-user_pref("browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar", true);
-user_pref("network.standard-url.escape-utf8", false);
-/*******
- * END *
- *******/</code>
-==== Apply Settings ====
-  * ''Path'' should report the current user's username, and the text ''Custom Stuff'' should be visible
-  * :!: If Firefox doesn't open automatically, ''firefox -p default'' must be ran the first time Firefox is started after this command
-  ls '/tmp/profiles.ini' '/tmp/user.js' && pkill -f 'firefox' && rm -Rfv ~/'.mozilla' && sync && mkdir -p ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'$USER && mv '/tmp/profiles.ini' ~/'.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini' && mv '/tmp/user.js' ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'$USER'/user.js' && sync && cat ~/'.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini' | grep $USER && cat ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'$USER'/user.js' | grep 'Custom Stuff' && sleep '1' && sync || firefox -p 'default'
-===== Extensions =====
-==== Download ====
-  * Decentraleyes
-  * Cookie AutoDelete
-  * uBlock Origin
-  gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/versions' && gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/versions' && gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions'
-==== Cookie AutoDelete ====
-  * Clean-up everything
-  * Disable notifications
-==== uBlock Origin ====
-=== Settings ===
-  * [x] Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses
-=== Filter lists ===
-  * [ ] Ads -> EasyList ((uncheck; included in ''Fanboy Ultimate List''))
-  * [ ] Privacy -> EasyPrivacy ((uncheck; included in ''Fanboy Ultimate List''))
-  * Multipurpose -> [x] Dan Pollock's hosts file
-  * Multipurpose -> [x] MVPS HOSTS
-  * Custom -> [x] Import
-=== Custom 3rd-party filters ===
-  * Last updated: 2023/07/10
-<code>
-https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
-https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
-https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifacebook.txt
-https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster_ubo.txt
-https://www.fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt</code>
-===== Testing Sites =====
-  * https://www.youtube.com/html5
-  * https://ipx.ac
-  * https://decentraleyes.org/test/
-  * https://panopticlick.eff.org/
-  * https://browserleaks.com/
-  * https://speedof.me/
-  * https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/
-  * https://1.1.1.1/help