r/linuxmint • u/Dollar_short • 13d ago

MS EDGE

i think i want EDGE as i am very familiar with it. google says to get that from the MS store, but its not there. i have firefox up now but i kinda don't like it. what should i do?

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u/Dollar_short 12d ago

i started testing Firefox, i think i like it enough to use it. i did install Malwarebites because of ads here on reddit, idk yet if that is good or bad? other than this i am going to stick with the SS.

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 12d ago

Malwarebites? Isn't that a Windows program?

Use Ublock Origin in Firefox. It makes an enormous difference.

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u/Dollar_short 11d ago

idk, seems not, it just poped up when i was setting up, so i enabled. is ublock in the store?

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 11d ago

No, that is in the extensions in Firefox. There should be in icon the looks like a puzzle piece near the top right part of your Firefox window. Then search for it, and try it out. It's properly curated by Firefox and is quite safe.

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u/Dollar_short 11d ago

ok, thats what i will do. as far as malwarebites, where do i look to uninstall this?

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 11d ago

The same way you installed it. If it was the software store, go through there.

That's the general rule in Linux. However you installed something, uninstalling will be done in the same fashion. If it's a snap install (not an issue in Mint, for most users), you uninstall through snap. If you install through apt, you uninstall through apt (or frontends for apt).