New Browser
For : MEPIS Linux
by: je.saist
| If you have not heard of
FireFox by now, for shame.
FireFox is one of the largest stars the open source world has put
forth, and the only browser to take market share away from Microsoft. Microsoft has good reason to be afraid of FireFox, but the important part is getting the program. This guide will deal with actually configuring FireFox once it is downloaded. If you still have not downloaded FireFox, the following two links should be of use. Firefox Web Download install Firefox Apt-Get Download Setting FireFox as new browser : Web-Download and apt-get 1: Right Click on the K-taskbar and choose the option that says Add  2: Choose the option that says Special Button  3: Choose Non-KDE Application  4: First, let's get an icon. Click on the blank box to the side.  5: Lot of options here.  6: Looking down we should see the Firefox icon. Click on the Fox.  7: Now click on Select File  8: At this point the guide will split: Apt-Get First, followed by Web-download.  9: Apt-Get:Hit the up arrow twice to go to file:/  Web-dowload: Open up the Firefox folder 10: Apt-Get Click on usr  11: Apt-Get: Click on bin  12: Apt-Get:head for the M section  13: Apt-Get: Click on the mozilla-firefox shell script  Web-Download: 5: Click on the Firefox shell script  14: Apt-Get: Now hit Okay  Web-Download: Hit Ok  15: Hit Okay again  16: We should now have a Fox-Wold icon at the botton of the K-taskbar. Click on the link.  17: We now have a dedicated FireFox link!   |