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Full linux distros on Sailfish OS (253)
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2008-01-09
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Thanks. I'll give it a go.
So, Adblock still has troubles, eh? My main question is whether there's still no fix for the supposed sluggishness it causes in Microb. Other issues I can deal with, but Microb is slow enough as it is.
I'm guessing there's lots of scripts for Greasemonkey for ad-removal. Has anyone found some that work well with Microb?
Lastly, to shove all of my ad-blocking questions into one post, is there a way to disable Adblock without uninstalling it?
Last edited by bexley; 2008-01-09 at 20:59.
So, Adblock still has troubles, eh? My main question is whether there's still no fix for the supposed sluggishness it causes in Microb. Other issues I can deal with, but Microb is slow enough as it is.
I'm guessing there's lots of scripts for Greasemonkey for ad-removal. Has anyone found some that work well with Microb?
Lastly, to shove all of my ad-blocking questions into one post, is there a way to disable Adblock without uninstalling it?
Last edited by bexley; 2008-01-09 at 20:59.
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2008-01-09
, 23:29
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Originally Posted by bexley
It's not that hard to experiment with it, instead of relying on what other people say. Yes, you can disable it, which is handy because it causes some sites not to load at all, on my system. When it works, I don't notice any slowness penalty. In fact, it speeds things up significantly on many sites because you don't have to wait for innumerable ads to download. Give it a try.
Thanks. I'll give it a go.
So, Adblock still has troubles, eh? My main question is whether there's still no fix for the supposed sluggishness it causes in Microb. Other issues I can deal with, but Microb is slow enough as it is.
I'm guessing there's lots of scripts for Greasemonkey for ad-removal. Has anyone found some that work well with Microb?
Lastly, to shove all of my ad-blocking questions into one post, is there a way to disable Adblock without uninstalling it?
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2008-01-09
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Originally Posted by coffeedrinker
I could use a little elaboration on that if you don't mind. Thanks.
Make sure permissions and ownership are set right.
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2008-01-10
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It's not that hard to experiment with it, instead of relying on what other people say.
> Yes, you can disable it.
Thanks for telling me how. You chastise me for asking a question and then half-answer it.
Anyway. I'm going to try the CSS script and privoxy.
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2008-01-10
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@ Germantown, MD
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My (partial) solution is modifying the /etc/hosts to point the ads sites to nowhere. This method takes care of the majority of the ads and has least impact on system performance.
Root privilege is required to modify the /etc/hosts.
Root privilege is required to modify the /etc/hosts.
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2008-01-10
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@ Anderson, IN
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adblock does speed up surfing , when you already have a window open , but the 10-15 sec delay when opening a new browser window from the desktop is unacceptable.
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2008-01-10
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@ London UK
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My (partial) solution is modifying the /etc/hosts to point the ads sites to nowhere.
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2008-01-10
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@ Germany - Munich
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open xterm
Mvps is one out of 10 major lists existing.
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
http://www.hosts-file.net/
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
http://hostsfile.mine.nu/
If you have a local http server running then you should change 127.0.0.1 to something else or rely on another method.
Last edited by free; 2008-01-10 at 12:17.
Code:
cd /etc sudo gainroot wget http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt mv hosts hosts-orig cat hosts-orig hosts.txt > hosts rm hosts.txt
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
http://www.hosts-file.net/
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
http://hostsfile.mine.nu/
If you have a local http server running then you should change 127.0.0.1 to something else or rely on another method.
Last edited by free; 2008-01-10 at 12:17.
Ad blocking with css:
http://floppymoose.com has a good file (doesn't get everything though).
Save the file userContent.css to /home/user/.mozilla/microb/chrome/userContent.css to enable blocking with that file.
Restart browser once you have the file in place. Make sure permissions and ownership are set right.
This solution is very fast and very easy to setup.