If you use firefox for hamradio like openwebrx or kiwisdr the Sound will die after a Update! That’s NO Driver or NO Linux or a WEBSDR Problem, The Problem is DISABLED AUDIO startup on Firefox Fix: Enter at the URL-BAR “about:config” search entry “media.autoplay.block-webaudio” to false Restart Firefox and be happy.. If you are a Security Nerd then use 2 Firefox Profiles for Web and different for SDR-Radio..
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Firefox Stop Home Calls
During my last Network Monitoring found out that MANY of “free” Software calls home permanent Article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections .. if you want to be safe, block all OUTGOING Traffic by a Firewall or local DNS Server and use a Proxy with Auth Mechanism!
Security: Isolated Browser eMail Programs
If you want to be more secure, on Linux you can isolate used programs on different Users! All you need is installed by default! Howto: Add a new User for eMail and Browser to the System with: $sudo adduser mailuser $sudo adduser webuser now install if not installed by default “gksu” User Switch $sudo apt-get install gksu copy now the default App Links to webuser’s Home Desktop, for mailuser enter mailuser’s name $cp /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop /home/webuser/Desktop/firefox-esr.desktop edit the firefox-esr.desktop by right click on nautilus or a editor and change command line: old: /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr %u to: gksu -u webuser -w "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr %u" […]