Hi, several users of the Ubuntu flavour 'Ubuntu Studio' are activists who care much about security. We had a lot of discussions on the users and developers list. With one voice we brought down to the common denominator, that security and privacy aren't a state a distro could provide, it requires much knowledge of the user to actively maintain security and privacy. Some distros could help to maintain security and privacy with less effort, than other distros, but this is done at the expense of e.g. limiting available software.
The best privacy and security is to be aware, that there is no security and privacy anymore, as soon as you connect to the Internet. It's beyond most users'skills to actively maintain privacy and security. Distributing Firefox might or might not allow to change defaults without forking it. You can't expect that Ubuntu provides Firefox with defaults, that divert from upstream, at least not because many users expect to get Firefox with defaults they are used to. There are already several forks available. Pale Moon, IceCat, Iceweasel and TOR browser come to mind. QupZilla provides at least the look and feel of Firefox and there are tons of minimalist browsers available, too. I guess for most user-friendly distros Firefox with it defaults will remain the default browser and most expert orientated distros by default don't come with a browser installed at all. Regards, Ralf -- "Pull a Homer -- to succeed despite idiocy." - The Simpsons -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
