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I think it's obvious that they're trying to take control, but not by any means in a bad way. Linux is kinda chaotic, I think a bit of order to things may actually be beneficial in the long run. Then again, what do I know?
I concur with CwF: The first time Firefox launches, the .mozilla folder is added from /etc/skel. If you use root to DELETE the .mozilla folder from that location, a new .mozilla folder without those abhorrent settings will be generated.
.bash_history.bash_logout.bashrc.config.conkyrc.conkyrc-lua.desktop-session.dillo.fehbg.fluxbox.foxrc.gconf.gexec.gtkrc.gtkrc-2.0.gtkrc-2.0.mine.icewm.jwm.jwmrc.jwmrc-numix-bevel.jwmrc-numix-square.jwmrc-papirus.local.mcthemes.nanorc.newsboat.profile.smb.conf.smbnetfs.conf.xmms.Xresources
Yeah, that's kind of not cool to throw that nonsense in a distro. I get you can get rid of it, but personally for me its an immediate turn-off. I'll just stick with Ubuntu/Feren OS for now. Piloting on a couple of different machines and so far, they've been rock solid.
ls -altotal 20drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:47 .drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Jun 6 19:53 ..drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 firefoxdrwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:47 googledrwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 7 08:08 VBoxGuestAdditions-6.1.10
gregory@antix1:/opt/firefox$ ls -altotal 155152drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 .drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:47 ..-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 887 Jun 2 22:37 application.inidrwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 browser-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 241720 Jun 2 22:37 crashreporter-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4003 Jun 2 22:37 crashreporter.inidrwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 defaults-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 174 Jun 2 22:37 dependentlibs.listdrwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 distribution-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14584 Jun 2 22:37 firefox-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 630592 Jun 2 22:37 firefox-bin-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1449 Jun 2 22:37 firefox-bin.sig-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1449 Jun 2 22:37 firefox.sigdrwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 fontsdrwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 gmp-clearkeydrwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 gtk2drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:45 icons-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 715368 Jun 2 22:37 libfreeblpriv3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 691064 Jun 2 22:37 libgraphitewasm.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43400 Jun 2 22:37 liblgpllibs.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2221104 Jun 2 22:37 libmozavcodec.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220392 Jun 2 22:37 libmozavutil.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14352 Jun 2 22:37 libmozgtk.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113512 Jun 2 22:37 libmozsandbox.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1219632 Jun 2 22:37 libmozsqlite3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18376 Jun 2 22:37 libmozwayland.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 243728 Jun 2 22:37 libnspr4.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 694896 Jun 2 22:37 libnss3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 474888 Jun 2 22:37 libnssckbi.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191728 Jun 2 22:37 libnssutil3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184120 Jun 2 22:37 liboggwasm.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22872 Jun 2 22:37 libplc4.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14592 Jun 2 22:37 libplds4.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168024 Jun 2 22:37 libsmime3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 313920 Jun 2 22:37 libsoftokn3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 398016 Jun 2 22:37 libssl3.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125112880 Jun 2 22:37 libxul.so-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1449 Jun 2 22:37 libxul.so.sig-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1322144 Jun 2 22:37 minidump-analyzer-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22046937 Jun 2 22:37 omni.ja-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 687936 Jun 2 22:37 pingsender-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164 Jun 2 22:37 platform.ini-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 622328 Jun 2 22:37 plugin-container-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1449 Jun 2 22:37 plugin-container.sig-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2017 Jun 2 22:37 precomplete-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 2 22:37 removed-files-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 825 Jun 2 22:37 Throbber-small.gif-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 101856 Jun 2 22:37 updater-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 681 Jun 2 22:37 updater.ini-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Jun 2 22:37 update-settings.ini
gregory@antix1:/opt/google$ ls -altotal 12drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:47 .drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:47 ..drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 7 14:47 chrome