>default start page for Firefox in Fedora and simply use the firefox >about:home page as the default starting page for the browser. +1. I totally agree that start.fpo should be replaced with something a bit more modern and useful, but I don't think about:home is going to do it. IMHO, Fedora should create a start page similar to what Firefox has done with their start page; a Google search box with some Firefox news on the bottom. We could possibly do something like that, but I don't know whether there are any constraints on doing so. The main problem with start.fpo is that it doesn't have enough functionality, which makes it a bit of an annoyance. > be problematic as it conflicts with our values of FOSS - it basically > promotes and endorses Google, a thing that is morally questionable and > that I'm not even sure if we are legally allowed to do. Quite frankly, I understand that we value FOSS and usually don't use any non-FOSS software in Fedora, but I think it is important that we put a search engine or other useful page as the stock homepage. Google isn't FOSS; but I don't really see another viable solution here, although we could just completely ditch customized start pages and go with browser defaults. Whatever path we decide to take, I'll definitely be there to help :) -- Chaoyi Zha cydrobolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 5:10 PM, drago01 <drago01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Elad Alfassa <elad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> If you did use the default about:home this would also help support >>> your upstream partner Mozilla who gains some revenue from search. As >>> far as I know Fedora does not generate any revenue for upstream while >>> distros like Ubuntu does. >>> >>> Obviously that revenue is really important and helps Mozilla cover its >>> operating costs. >>> >> >> Sure, and I'm sure all of us in Fedora value Mozilla's contribution to >> our ecosystem and the open web, but having about:home by default might >> be problematic as it conflicts with our values of FOSS - it basically >> promotes and endorses Google, a thing that is morally questionable and >> that I'm not even sure if we are legally allowed to do. > > We already have a Google search option in firefox. And have access to > Google services in different places / applications. So no there is no > legal issue here. > -- > websites mailing list > websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites -- websites mailing list websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites
