On Tuesday, 3 March 2020 09:57:33 GMT n952162 wrote: > On 2020-03-03 10:27, Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 3 March 2020 03:58:12 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 11:16:52PM +0100, n952162 wrote > >> > >>> I have a banner that says that "your browser is being managed by your > >>> organization". Oh yeah? I guess that would be gentoo. How can I break > >>> that relationship? > >>> > >> Do you have Avast and/or AVG anti-virus? See > >> > >> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1264369 (Firefox) and > >> https://www.howtogeek.com/410106/why-does-chrome-say-its-managed-by-your-> > >> >> org anization/ (Chrome). Some browsers have started to report when they > >> detect external control, whether by Windows policies, or Avast/AVG. > >> Firefox seems to be following the lead of Chrome here. > > > > Are you sure this applies to Linux? > > > > I had thought the warning shows up when some of the browser's default > > settings have been changed, or additional TLS Certificates have been > > loaded. If you go to 'about:policies' you'll see anything changed there. > > In mine FF has DisableAppUpdate, because I manage this via portage and > > don't need FF to notify me, or even worse try to update itself. > > Yes, that's my situation. You're right, if you click on the banner, it > takes you to about:policies and I'm happy with that policy. When I > wrote the original post, it wasn't clear that that's all that's > affected, but I presume that's so. > > The issue where it arose is that certain settings are not being recorded > for me - at least, I presume that the privacy warning tab isn't supposed > to appear on every start, and that I ought to be able to change my home > page. As tempting as it is to see a conspiracy, once I realized that I > couldn't even unpin Amazon and have it stayed unpinned, I started > suspecting that something is wrong in my installation.
You *should* be able to change your homepage. Go into Preferences/Home/New Windows and Tabs. Then set there what you prefer to see on the page when Firefox launches or a new Tab is opened.
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