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  • An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Requests

    From Dr. Noah Bodie@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 17:33:33 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    This may help some... I did it and it does work.

    * An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Requests *

    https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nagging_You_About_Updates_And_Other_Annoying_Idiocy

    Create the file 'policies.json' and put in: /etc/firefox/policies/

    Paste the code below in the 'policies.json' text file:

    {
    "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true,
    "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
    "FirefoxHome": {
    "Search": true,
    "TopSites": false,
    "Highlights": false,
    "Pocket": false,
    "Snippets": false,
    "Locked": true
    },
    "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true,
    "DisablePocket": true,
    "DisableTelemetry": true,
    "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,
    "SearchBar": "separate"
    }
    }

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Nic@21:1/5 to Dr. Noah Bodie on Sat Aug 20 16:39:04 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 8/20/22 4:33 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    This may help some... I did it and it does work.

    * An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Requests *

    https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nagging_You_About_Updates_And_Other_Annoying_Idiocy


    Create the file 'policies.json' and put in: /etc/firefox/policies/

    Paste the code below in the 'policies.json' text file:

    {
    "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true,
    "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
    "FirefoxHome": {
    "Search": true,
    "TopSites": false,
    "Highlights": false,
    "Pocket": false,
    "Snippets": false,
    "Locked": true
    },
    "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true,
    "DisablePocket": true,
    "DisableTelemetry": true,
    "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,
    "SearchBar": "separate"
    }
    }

    The only reference to an update appears in my update manager. FF has
    never asked me to update.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Dr. Noah Bodie@21:1/5 to Nic on Sat Aug 20 17:53:16 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 08/20/2022 05:39 PM, Nic wrote:
    On 8/20/22 4:33 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    This may help some... I did it and it does work.

    * An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Requests *

    https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nagging_You_About_Updates_And_Other_Annoying_Idiocy


    Create the file 'policies.json' and put in: /etc/firefox/policies/

    Paste the code below in the 'policies.json' text file:

    {
    "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true,
    "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
    "FirefoxHome": {
    "Search": true,
    "TopSites": false,
    "Highlights": false,
    "Pocket": false,
    "Snippets": false,
    "Locked": true
    },
    "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true,
    "DisablePocket": true,
    "DisableTelemetry": true,
    "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,
    "SearchBar": "separate"
    }
    }

    The only reference to an update appears in my update manager. FF has
    never asked me to update.

    That's because the repo installs the latest version. This is for people
    who don't use the repo to install FF but instead choose to download the
    file and run it from their desktop.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Nic@21:1/5 to Dr. Noah Bodie on Sat Aug 20 17:01:08 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 8/20/22 4:53 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    On 08/20/2022 05:39 PM, Nic wrote:
    On 8/20/22 4:33 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    This may help some... I did it and it does work.

    * An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Requests *

    https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nagging_You_About_Updates_And_Other_Annoying_Idiocy



    Create the file 'policies.json' and put in: /etc/firefox/policies/

    Paste the code below in the 'policies.json' text file:

    {
    "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true,
    "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
    "FirefoxHome": {
    "Search": true,
    "TopSites": false,
    "Highlights": false,
    "Pocket": false,
    "Snippets": false,
    "Locked": true
    },
    "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true,
    "DisablePocket": true,
    "DisableTelemetry": true,
    "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,
    "SearchBar": "separate"
    }
    }

    The only reference to an update appears in my update manager. FF has
    never asked me to update.

    That's because the repo installs the latest version. This is for
    people who don't use the repo to install FF but instead choose to
    download the file and run it from their desktop.

    Something does not make sense to me. How does a repository install FF to
    a place where it is available to install on your primary machine/user?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)