Firefox (Application)
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Firefox
Install
- from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/
- and https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/
# shared/opt install schema v1.5.6
#### as common user ####
# define applications vars
export SOFTWARE_PATH="/home/shared/opt/software"
export NAME="firefox"
export VERSION="95.0"
export URL="https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/${VERSION}/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
su - -w SOFTWARE_PATH,NAME,VERSION
#### as root ####
# install packages and prepare destination path
apt-get -q -y install wget coreutils findutils < /dev/null
apt-get -q -y install tar bzip2 libgtk-3-0 libdbus-glib-1-2 < /dev/null
mkdir -m 777 -p "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/tmp_install/" "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}/"
exit
#### as common user ####
umask 0027
cd "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/tmp_install"
wget -c --no-check-certificate "${URL}"
tar -xjf "firefox-${VERSION}.tar.bz2" -C "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"
# (optional) disable firefox update
mkdir "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"/firefox/distribution
cat > "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"/firefox/distribution/policies.json << 'EOF'
{"policies": {"DisableAppUpdate": true}}
EOF
cd
su - -w SOFTWARE_PATH,NAME,VERSION
#### as root ####
# ensure permissions to destination path
cd "${SOFTWARE_PATH}"
chown -R root:users "${NAME}_${VERSION}"
find "${NAME}_${VERSION}" -type d -exec chmod a-s,u+rwx,g+rx,g-w,o-rwx {} \;
find "${NAME}_${VERSION}" -type f -exec chmod a-s,u+rw,g+r,g-w,o-rwx {} \;
rm -rf tmp_install
ln -s -f -T "${NAME}_${VERSION}" "${NAME}"
exit
#### as common user ####
# test the application
"${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}/firefox/firefox"
- update tips from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514#c137
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/managing-firefox-updates
- https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#disableappupdate
Configure
Reset to factory
please note: backup plugin custom configs (e.g. ads blacklist, cookie whitelist)
got to 'about:support'
- click on 'Refresh Firefox...'
Basic configuration
go to Preferences -> General -> General
- set 'Restore previous session'
- unset 'Always check ... default browser'
go to Preferences -> General -> Files and Applications
- set 'Always ask you where to save files'
- set 'Play DRM-controlled content'
go to Preferences -> General -> Browsing
- unset all 'Recommend '* options
go to Preferences -> Home -> Home
- unset 'Web Search'
- unset 'Top Sites'
- unset 'Highlights'
- unset 'Snippets'
go to Preferences -> Search -> Search
- unset 'Provide search suggestions'
go to Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Browser Privacy
- unset 'Ask to save logins and passwords for websites'
go to Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Firefox Data Collection and Use
- unset all 'Allow '* options
go to 'about:addons'
- click on settings icon, unset 'Update Add-ons Automatically'
reopen Firefox
Performance Tweaks
Reduce child process to reduce memory consumption
go to Preferences -> General -> Performance
- unset 'Use recommended performance settings'
- set 'Content process limit' to 3
reopen Firefox
Reduce disk usage
from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1271481
got to 'about:config'
- set 'browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled' to false
- set 'browser.cache.disk.capacity' to 256000
reopen Firefox
Old Performance Tweaks
Reduce child process to reduce memory consumption
go to Preferences -> General -> Performance
- unset 'Use recommended performance settings'
- set 'Content process limit' to 1
reopen Firefox
Tuning network requests
- from http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-connections-per-server
- and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
got to 'about:config'
- set 'network.http.connection-timeout' to 30 # default 90
- set 'network.http.response.timeout' to 300 # default 300
- set 'network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server' to 8 # default 6
reopen Firefox
Reduce disk usage
got to 'about:config'
- set 'browser.cache.disk.enable' to false
- set 'browser.cache.memory.enable' to true
- set 'browser.sessionstore.interval' to 60000
go to Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Cookies and Site Data
- click on 'Clear Data' -> unselect 'Cookies and Site Data' and click 'Clear'
reopen Firefox
Plugins
Basic
- uBlock Origin (config: update filter list and disable automatic updates)
- Undo closed tab
- Auto Tab Discard
- Cookie AutoDelete (config: enable automatic cleaning)
Plus
Media
- Easy Youtube Video Downloader Express
- YouTube High Definition
- Awesome Screenshot & Screen Recorder
- Print Friendly & PDF
- Easy Screenshot
Spellcheck
- Free Grammar Checker | Grammarly
- United States English Spellchecker
- Dizionario italiano
- Dicionário pt-BR
Olds
- Cookie Quick Manager
- Firebug
- Web Developer
- YouTube Flash Player
- FlashBlock
- FlashGot
- User Agent Switcher
- Awesome Screenshot Plus - Capture, Annotate & More
- Speed Tweaks