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Tips for using firefox on Linux #firefox #linux #desktop #tuning

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1. Firefox Tips.md

Tips for using Firefox on Linux

Black text on dark background

We love our dark themes on Linux, but unfortunately firefox does not play well with these themes and sometimes you may find that the text is dark on a dark background. The fix for this is to Follow the tips found here:
- https://askubuntu.com/a/1053799/145907
- https://askubuntu.com/a/1037112/145907
Change your color settings to tell firefox to ignore system colors. See the screenshot:
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Fix autocompletion of TLD (Top-Level Domains)

See this question and the answer

It all boils down to quitting from firefox, and changing the names of favicons.sqlite, and places.sqlite to something different. Restart firefox, and as you browse more domains, you will notice that firefox actually tries to autocomplete domain names.

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