privoxy in the next release?

[Lex Hider]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 10:21 +0900, janne wrote:
> fre 2004-10-29 klockan 11:08 +1000 skrev Lex Hider:
> > I'm sure everyone has different suggestions what they would like to see
> > in the
> > mainstream of Ubuntu and not in universe.
> > I reckon privoxy [those who don't know it blocks most advertisement when
> > web browsing] would be a useful addition.
> > wwwoffle is also a very useful app for us still stuck on dialup.
> > 
> > 1) What do people think including privoxy?
> 
> Wouldn't including the Adblock plugin for Firefox by default be a better
> way? It is a lot easier for users to use than Privoxy (which pretty much
> requires editing match lists by hand if I remember correctly).

I am unfamiliar with the Adblock plugin. Is it in debian or ubuntu
universe? 

using the default install of privoxy in ubuntu/debian seems pretty
effective to me and I have needed to edit the config file.


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