Firefox-2

[Joel Oliver]

Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
>> I just removed 'flashplugin-nonfree', and now ff3 loads [all those websites in tabs] nice and 
>> quick. It is now responsive and no maximum stepping of the cpus :-)
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>> Is there an extension that block those annoying Flash adverts, whilst still being able to view 
>> content on youtube?
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> So copy the attachment to /etc, then merge it onto the end of your 
> current hosts file.... Note, this is not a complete hosts file 
> replacement.  It justs gets added to the end of your current hosts file
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> Make a backup of your original just as a precaution.
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> $ cd /etc
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> $ sudo cp hosts hosts.bak
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> $ sudo cp /home/yourname/Desktop/hostsmerge.txt /etc
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> $ sudo cat hostsmerge.txt >> hosts
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> Simple and very effective method which works across any browser, any OS, 
> and any application on the computer so if you have 
> firefox2,firefox3,galeon,konqueror, and lets say akregator, it works 
> with all of them in one easy step with no setup to the software.
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> For winblowz machines, the hosts file is at     
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS
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