Groklaw has an article arguing that Microsoft has not yet complied with the DOJ order that users must be able to remove Internet Explorer from Windows. "So he explained the blue and white screens of death, what a dual boot startup is, commingling code, and then tying or bundling, specifically tying Internet Explorer with the operating system. He explained how you can't use Add/Remove to get IE or Media Player off your hard drive, but that you can use SPAD, 'set program access and defaults', to choose Firefox or another browser as your default browser instead of IE. However, IE remains on your hard drive."
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Member since:2005-07-06
has anyone tried this without removing entire KDE?
Yes, and you can. Additionally, many distros are also pre-loaded with Firefox, so unlike Microsoft, they're not shoving a browser on you from the get-go.
has anyone tried to remove proprietory software from ubuntu? or firefox 1.5 from ubuntu?
Errrr yes.
has anyone tried to remove ANY linux program that comes with distro? for that you need to know where the program is installed and how..
Yer. It's a highly complex process of going right into your package manager and deselecting it.
Feeble try. Small wonder your average score is in the red.
Member since:2005-07-09
Not an ubuntu user but I believe you run some graphical tool off the start menu, scroll, select, "firefox", then click the, "remove", button. You do have to find the menu button, look in the left corner of your desktop.
For gentoo type emerge --unmerge mozilla-firefox at a shell prompt.
Member since:
2005-08-12
has anyone tried this without removing entire KDE?
has anyone tried to remove proprietory software from ubuntu? or firefox 1.5 from ubuntu?
has anyone tried to remove ANY linux program that comes with distro? for that you need to know where the program is installed and how..