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09-23-2007, 07:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2006
Location: houston/malibu
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 19
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setting "proxy configuration URL" in browser or KDE/Gnome
both firefox and KDE/Gnome offer a place to set a proxy configuration URL:
is it better to use the browser or the desktop manager? or both?
i have ubuntu/gnome and slackware/kde boxes;
imputerate
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09-23-2007, 11:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Distribution: Mageia 6, KDE Neon
Posts: 4,313
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imputerate
both firefox and KDE/Gnome offer a place to set a proxy configuration URL:
is it better to use the browser or the desktop manager? or both?
i have ubuntu/gnome and slackware/kde boxes;
imputerate
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It depends on if you want only your browser to use the proxy or if you want all internet enabled apps to use the proxy. |
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09-23-2007, 11:44 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2006
Location: houston/malibu
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 19
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thanks; i'm not quite sure what sort of "internet enabled app" would use a proxy, or how; i have access, thru ucla, to things like the OED, and archives of academic stuff; i access these thru my browser;
could you give me an example of the kind of app which would use a proxy?
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09-23-2007, 11:59 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Distribution: Mageia 6, KDE Neon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imputerate
thanks; i'm not quite sure what sort of "internet enabled app" would use a proxy, or how; i have access, thru ucla, to things like the OED, and archives of academic stuff; i access these thru my browser;
could you give me an example of the kind of app which would use a proxy?
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Your browser, email client, instant messenger client, file sharing client etc. |
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