[CALUG] CentOS7 appearance and FF addons

[Tim Spangler]

In regards to blocking, I've been using uMatrix to control what loads.  It's fairly user friendly, and you can enable scripts as necessary.  I haven't used uBlock, though, so I can't compare the two.

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From: CALUG [mailto:calug-bounces at unknownlamer.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dodge
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2017 8:41 AM
To: Walt Smith <waltechmail at yahoo.com>
Cc: calug at unknownlamer.org
Subject: Re: [CALUG] CentOS7 appearance and FF addons

On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 02:32:40PM +0000, Walt Smith wrote:
> The initial install has Firefox 45.4...  which, when I try a couple 
> addons is already outdated !!!

CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise are designed for long-term stability, so they bundle old/stable versions of things and then might add patches for bugs. If you want recent versions you'll need to go out of your way to install them, possibly by hand.

Which is to say, if you don't have a specific reason for using CentOS, such as needing it for a job, then you might be better off with something that comes with new versions such as Fedora -- or any of the Ubuntu derivatives if you don't care about sticking with a Red Hat design.

> Which "name" of adblocker is the preferred among tech people?

"NoScript" or "uBlock origin" are the big ones if you want to throttle active content.  The catch is that they might block so much that some sites don't work right. NoScript in particular blocks all scripts by default, so a lot of sites will be non-functional the first time you hit them and it has a menu where you can temporarily or permanently whitelist the missing pieces. I think uBlock comes with a more lenient default so that more things work right away, but making configuration changes is more complicated.

If you just want to block ads because you specifically don't like ads, I don't know. NoScript/uBlock will stomp out most ads but they do a lot more.

                               -Dave Dodge/dododge at dododge.net

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