stevesr0
UPDATE:
I just installed the upgraded version of Firefox (95.0.2). I found that by default, it DOES allow sending data AND there is a distribution.ini file. It wasn’t in /usr/share/firefox/distribution but in /opt/firefox/distribution and has a (creation?) date of 20 Dec. This is presumably the original not the fixed version. So, I guess it would be HARMLESS to replace it with the new one anticapitalista produced, even though I have opted out of data collection and transmission according to Mozilla.
# Partner Distribution Configuration File
# Author: Dan Mills <thunder@mozilla.com>
# id: short string unique to this distribution
# about: a short descriptive (ui-visible) string for this
# distribution
# version: version of the extra distribution pieces (not the version
# of Firefox)
# bookmarks.initialized.pref: (optional) name of a boolean pref used to determine if bookmarks should be created on startup. This option should not be used except to upgrade from previous customized distributions that did not use the distribution.ini method
[Global]
id=MX-Linux
version=1.0
about=Updates will come through your package manager
about.en-US=Updates will come through your package manager
# This section contains the global js prefs. You do should not list
# the localized preferences here (see below)
# Boolean preferences should be 'true' or 'false', w/o quotes. e.g.:
# my.bool.preference=true
#
# Integer preferences should be unquoted numbers. e.g.:
# my.int.preference=123
#
# String preferences should be in quotes. e.g.:
# my.string.preference="foo"
[Preferences]
mozilla.partner.id="mx-linux"
app.distributor="mx-linux"
app.distributor.channel=
browser.search.distributionID="mxlinux.org"
browser.search.searchEnginesURL=
browser.search.defaultenginename=
app.update.enabled=false
extensions.update.enabled=true
intl.locale.matchOS=true
browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser=false
browser.newtabpage.enhanced=false
# This section is used as a template for locale-specific properties
# files. They work similarly to the GlobalPrefs section, except that
# the %LOCALE% string gets substituted with the language string.
#
# This section should only be used for localized string preferences.
# Other preference types will not work.
[LocalizablePreferences]
browser.startup.homepage="http://mxlinux.org/mx-linux-blog/"
# This section is an example of an override for a particular locale.
# The override sections do not interpolate %LOCALE% into strings.
# Preferences set in override sections are *merged* with the
# localizable defaults. That is, if you want a pref in
# [LocalizablePreferences] to not be set in a particular locale,
# you'll need to unset it explicitly ("pref.name=" on a line of its
# own).
[LocalizablePreferences-en-US]
browser.foo="mx-linux"
# Search Plugins
# Search plugins do no need to be listed in this ini file. Instead,
# create a directory structure like the following, and they will be
# automatically loaded:
# * distribution/
# * searchplugins/
# * common/
# * <plugin.xml>
# * <plugin.xml>
# * ...
# * locale/
# * <locale>/
# * <plugin.xml>
# * <plugin.xml>
# * ...
# * <locale>/
# * <plugin.xml>
# * <plugin.xml>
# * ...
# If a directory for the locale the browser is running in doesn't
# exist, Firefox will automatically try the 'default' locale, as defined
# by the distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale preference.
# Bookmarks
# There are two "toplevel" sections, BookmarksToolbar and BookmarksMenu.
# These can reference other sections via the "folder" type item. These
# folder sections must be named "BookmarksFolder-<id>".
# Each section contains a list of numbered item settings, where each
# item represents a bookmark, livemark, separator, folder, or the default
# bookmarks in that container (if any). The default type is bookmark.
#
# Since Firefox 45, it's possible to set an optional keyword or favicon
# for a bookmark.
[BookmarksToolbar]
item.1.title=MX Blog
item.1.link=http://mxlinux.org/mx-linux-blog/
item.1.description=MX Linux Blog
item.2.title=MX Forum
item.2.link=http://forum.mxlinux.org/
item.2.description=MX Linux Forum
item.3.title=antiX
item.3.link=http://antixlinux.com/
item.3.description=antiX Homepage
item.4.title=antiX Forum
item.4.link=http://www.antixforum.com/
item.4.description=antiX forum
[BookmarksMenu]
item.1.type=folder
item.1.title=MX Linux
item.1.folderId=1
item.2.type=folder
item.2.title=antiX
item.2.folderId=2
[BookmarksFolder-1]
item.1.title=MX Blog
item.1.link=http://mxlinux.org/mx-linux-blog/
item.1.description=MX Linux Blog
item.2.title=MX Forum
item.2.link=http://forum.mxlinux.org/
item.2.description=MX Linux Forum
item.3.title=MX User Manual
item.3.link=http://mxlinux.org/manuals/
item.3.description=MX Linux Users Manuals
item.4.title=MX Videos
item.4.link=http://mxlinux.org/videos/
item.4.description=MX Linux Videos
item.5.title=MX Wiki
item.5.link=http://mxlinux.org/wiki/
item.5.description=MX Linux Wiki
[BookmarksFolder-2]
item.1.title=antiX
item.1.link=http://antixlinux.com/
item.1.description=antiX Homepage
item.2.title=antiX Forum
item.2.link=http://www.antixforum.com/
item.2.description=antiX forum
I am running Antix-19 Sid.
Aptitude shows Firefox 95.0.1-1 as currently installed with 95.0.2~mozillabinaries available as an upgrade.
I don’t have Firefox-ESR installed, but the version available in unstable is 91.4.1esr-1~deb11u1.
I don’t have a distribution.ini file. I wonder if the data collection issue is strictly for Firefox-ESR and those who are using the “leading edge” Firefox haven’t got that problem (yet). Or if it is also a problem with the latest Firefox (nonESR) version?
(N.B. I haven’t installed the upgraded version of Firefox because of a question/concern about my having too many repositories that is the subject of another thread (“Difference between Testing and Sid”). I will install the upgrade and report back about the generation of a distribution.ini file and what it contains.)
In my privacy and security settings, nothing is enabled in Firefox Data Collection and Use. According to Mozilla, this means I have opted out of data collection.
OBVIOUSLY, if Mozilla is lying about this, I want to be enlightened!
In any event, I think anticapitalista, Moddit and Xecure are too valuable in their contributions to other users to lose from this forum because of a disagreement about the implications of the distribution.ini file.
Thanks to all of you.
Happy New Year to come.
stevesr0
- This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by stevesr0.