#Pale moon browser how to#
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(See below.)Įntering about:config in the address bar will bring up an interface for viewing and setting a wide variety of configuration variables, many of which are not otherwise accessible through the GUI.

As a matter of fact, about:config might be considered the preferred route, as more configuration variables need to be set to ensure privacy. However, Do Not Track can also be set from the about:config URI.

#Pale moon browser how to#

Here is how to set Do Not Track from the menu: Edit > Preferences > Privacy > Tracking.

Firefox add-ons with compatibility issues on Pale Moon.

A lot of changes were introduced to the user interface since Firefox versions 29 & 34 not all for the better.

The add-ons are what makes this browser so great.

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Stroobandt Copyright 2014–2019, licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA I also highlighted it in BOLD RED text.Essential Pale Moon & Firefox Browser Add‑ons Serge Y. The Pale Moon website has a link to the Linux version in the FAQ section.

#Pale moon browser software#

Just open Software Sources from your menu, go to PPA, click Add, and enter this: ppa:dirk-computer42/c42-backport

#Pale moon browser install#

You can use this PPA to install iceweasel. Perhaps not easily available for Ubuntu based distros, but the rebranded Iceweasel 24 ESR is (it's just Firefox, with a different name). And as shared, you can use Firefox 24 ESR if you want to use the old interface of Firefox. Xenopeek wrote:There are plenty of alternative browsers available on Linux Mint. If you find these 'steps are too many, you can create a launcher to click an icon, just like clicking firefox icon, put the icon on desktop or panel, one click to open. It is one click on directory, scroll to 'palemoon folder', right click, execute. You can simply execute Palemoon from its extracted directory. Someone who knows what they're doing, which is not me, would probably not have a problem installing Pale Moon ( for LINUX!) I tried installing it, but was unable to create a folder in the /OPT directory.

Pale Moon ( for LINUX!) can be run directly from the 'extracted' directory without installing it, but there are short comings doing that. In fact, any of these things you could do I'm sure the Pale Moon for Linux developers can use some help.ĭaveinuk wrote:I read up on this the other day, seems a few people are not happy with the coming changes to firefox or so I gather, I'll wait and see what they do but if it ends up looking like chrome I'll be joining you on the Pale Moon seeing as it's compatible with the FF addons and themes. Linux Mint gets most of its software from those repositories, so that is the place to get it added. It's them that could package the software for Debian or Ubuntu repositories. In any case, you should be petitioning the Pale Moon for Linux developers and maintainers. Next time, please include a link to a project you want to suggest-to avoid confusions Just open Software Sources from your menu, go to PPA, click Add, and enter this: ppa:dirk-computer42/c42-backportĪs for 'Pale Moon' for Linux Google didn't find it when searching for Pale Moon, the official Pale Moon website doesn't know about it, the Wikipedia entry for Pale Moon doesn't know about it.

There are plenty of alternative browsers available on Linux Mint.