Why does Firefox change the startup page to the Fedora project everytime it updates ?
Even though I am using Firefox on a Fedora based system, it should not change my startup page back to the Fedora project after every update, especially since I, the user has explicitly selected a different option in the settings after initial setup (Default Firefox homepage). I don't care about the new developments in Fedora enough to break my flow to look at it. This wouldn't be a big problem on a secondary browser, but Firefox is my main browser, I even have an account with which I am posting this, and in that case, changing the startup page to Fedora project after every update without my consent, even though it can be changed back to what I want, is a real problem.
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I guess they are doing it. Check your about:polices to see if there's any active policy.
If you are using Firefox packages from Fedora then they are likely the one doing this.
The Firefox Linux tarballs from Mozilla would not do this for example.
@TyDraniu , What specific policy should I look for in about:policies ?
TyDraniu said
I guess they are doing it. Check your about:polices to see if there's any active policy.
What specific policy should I look for in about:policies ?
James said
If you are using Firefox packages from Fedora then they are likely the one doing this. The Firefox Linux tarballs from Mozilla would not do this for example.
Got it, any idea as to what I should do then ?
There are some tips in https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-start-constantly-hijacking-firefox-home-page/156154 — specifically setting your home page to about:home# (with the extra meaningless hash at the end), so that it's no longer a default value that the distribution would be overwriting.
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