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Ubuntu changes Firefox default search back to Google

article published on 8 April, 2010

Back in January, we reported that Canonical, the group behind Ubuntu Lucid releases, had made a deal with Yahoo to make Yahoo the default Firefox search engine instead of Google. Today, Canonical has done an about-face, announcing they are switching back to Google with the release of Ubuntu 10.04. Says Rick Spencer, of Canonical: "However, for the final release, we will use Google ... [ read the full article ]

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DarkJello
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_ 		8. April 2010 @ 14:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Doesn't Google have a contract with Mozilla to make it the default search engine? Do you think Ubuntu Lucid got pressure from either of those groups to switch back?
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Jemborg
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_ 		10. April 2010 @ 12:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Meh... default somersault.

I just want the new Ubuntu NetRemix to have FF 3.6 when I install it on the EeePC- it's default search engine will be whatever I say it will be... fullstop.
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