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[http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/trackmenot_1.html Schneier Security blog: TrackMeNot]
  
[http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/trackmenot_1.html Schneier Security blog: TrackMeNot]
 
==Extensions for Thunderbird==
  
==Extensions for Thunderbird==
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===Available as Debian packages===
  
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*mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail (http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) - OpenPGP message encryption and authentication
  
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*mozilla-thunderbird-locale-fr
  
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*Note that Thunderbird 1.5 contains already the "offline" extension but is only available in experimental repository as I write these lines...
  
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===Other cool ones===
  
 
*[http://addresscontext.mozdev.org/ addressContext] - An extension to add addressbook-related options to the context menu
  
*[http://addresscontext.mozdev.org/ addressContext] - An extension to add addressbook-related options to the context menu
 
*[http://allowhtmltemp.thunderbird-mail.de/index-en.php Allow HTML temporary] - Allow temporary HTML in the selected message
  
*[http://allowhtmltemp.thunderbird-mail.de/index-en.php Allow HTML temporary] - Allow temporary HTML in the selected message
 
*[http://www.cweiske.de/misc_extensions.htm#dispMUA Display Mail User Agent Extension] - Displays the mail program with which the selected mail was written
  
*[http://www.cweiske.de/misc_extensions.htm#dispMUA Display Mail User Agent Extension] - Displays the mail program with which the selected mail was written
 
*[http://www.cweiske.de/misc_extensions.htm#mailinglistheader Display mailing list header] - Displays special mail headers defined in RFC 2369
  
*[http://www.cweiske.de/misc_extensions.htm#mailinglistheader Display mailing list header] - Displays special mail headers defined in RFC 2369
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* [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ Enigmail] OpenPGP message encryption and authentication
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** Available as Debian package: enigmail
 
*[http://leetkey.mozdev.org Leet Key] - Transforms typed or static text to L337, ROT13, BASE64, HEX, URL, BIN, Morse Code, DVORAK, Upper Case, Lower Case, DES.
  
*[http://leetkey.mozdev.org Leet Key] - Transforms typed or static text to L337, ROT13, BASE64, HEX, URL, BIN, Morse Code, DVORAK, Upper Case, Lower Case, DES.
 
*[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Mozilla Calendar] - A calendar client based on iCal standard
  
*[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Mozilla Calendar] - A calendar client based on iCal standard
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*[http://joshandmerci.com/proj_thunder.php View Headers Toggle Button] - Toolbar toggle button for viewing headers.
  
*[http://joshandmerci.com/proj_thunder.php View Headers Toggle Button] - Toolbar toggle button for viewing headers.
 
*ReminderFox
  
*ReminderFox
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==Dictionaries for Thunderbird==
  
==Dictionaries for Thunderbird==
 
* Don't try to install them as xpi, it won't work under Debian, instead, install the proper myspell package:
  
* Don't try to install them as xpi, it won't work under Debian, instead, install the proper myspell package:

Revision as of 21:16, 12 June 2008

My setup

Versions are not necessarily kept up-to-date with my real install...
Generated: Wed Jun 11 2008 00:54:10 GMT+0200 (CEST)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 (No IDN) Firefox/3.0
Build ID: 2008052912

Extensions for Firefox

Those I'm currently using under FF3

Those currently disabled, waiting for FF3 compatibility

Those I liked but I don't use anymore

Themes for Firefox

Plugins for Firefox

Available as Debian packages

  • Shockwave Flash
    • flashplayer-mozilla or the newer flashplugin-nonfree
  • Adobe Reader 7.0
    • mozilla-acroread
  • Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible
    • realplayer
  • mozilla-mplayer
  • Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_10-b03
    • sun-java5-plugin
  • mplayerplug-in, QuickTime Plug-in, RealPlayer 9, Windows Media Player Plugin
    • mozilla-mplayer
  • MozPlugger
    • mozplugger

Installed from rpm with alien

  • Citrix ICA Client
    • icaclient

Customizing Firefox

Adding search engines

If you don't find it here or there, you can create your own manually or create you own with this very simple web tool
Examples I created easily via Ready2search (only for FF 2.0):

Anonimizing of your searches using BlackBoxSearch and CustomizeGoogle

For simple anonimization through a proxy use BlackBoxSearch. Mainly BlackBoxSearch anonimizes your searches by hiding your IP. Here is a greasemonkey script that makes the use of BlackBoxSearch automatic.

To obtain a complete solution you should regularly erase your favorite search engine cookies. If you are using Firefox and Google, this can be done automatically through the CustomizeGoogle extension. To do this you have to enable the privacy protection options of it.

References: Schneier Security blog: TrackMeNot

Extensions for Thunderbird

Dictionaries for Thunderbird

  • Don't try to install them as xpi, it won't work under Debian, instead, install the proper myspell package:
  • apt-get install myspell-en-gb myspell-en-us
  • That's all!
  • Don't worry if you get twice the dictionaries in Thunderbird, these are just aliases created by myspell.

Themes for Thunderbird

Misc

For those who develop websites and need interoperability with e.g. the awfully broken CSS interpreter of IE, you can install IE under linux with those scripts and wine: 

wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-2.0.5.tar.gz
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