No doubt the sting of the community ire that raised lingers in the company’s consciousness. Ubuntu will continue to ship with this, so Google will remain the default search engine.īack in 2010, Canonical struck its own deal to set Yahoo! as Ubuntu’s default search engine. The move didn’t go down well and was promptly reversed. Ubuntu ships with its own semi-customised version of Firefox that bundles in a custom Google-powered start page, bookmarks and add-ons for some system integration. If you’re running Firefox as shipped (and updated) in Ubuntu then you won’t see any change in your search provider going forward.

What does this mean for Ubuntu? Well, not an awful lot. But it’s a little unfair of those admonishing a free, open-source project trying to support and secure its future and ideals through a change that’s trivial to ‘undo’. The move ends a profitable deal for Mozilla, who, as evidenced by the recent introduction of site suggestions in blank tiles on the speed dial page, rely on deals to fund their open-source endeavours.ĭon’t like Yahoo? You can switch back.

Users not “yay” about Yahoo! can, Mozilla say, switch to their preferred alternative just as easily as at present. Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search engines will continue to ship with the browser. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page.

Don’t like Yahoo? You can still switch back. The only browser built for freedom, not for profit.

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