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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"


For example, in Debian, select Applications???Internet???Firefox Web Browser. If you don??™t see it
on a menu, you can start Firefox by simply typing firefox from a Terminal window. Figure 22-11
shows the Mozilla page for Firefox (www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) as displayed by the
browser.
FIGURE 22-11
Firefox is the leading open source Web browser based on Netscape source code.
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Firefox has all the basic features you need in a Web browser plus a few special features. The following
sections describe how to get the most out of your Firefox Web browser.
Setting Up Firefox
There are many things you can do to configure Firefox to run like a champ. The following sections
describe some ways to customize your browsing experience in Firefox.
Setting Firefox Preferences
You can set your Firefox preferences in the Preferences window (see Figure 22-12). To open Firefox
preferences, select Edit???Preferences.
FIGURE 22-12
Change settings for navigating the Web from Firefox??™s Preferences window.
If you are upgrading from the Mozilla suite, you will notice that the Preferences window
looks completely different. Don??™t despair, however; the browser preferences have not
changed much. Firefox just sports a simpler window layout.


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