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The Linux Extremist: The Swiftfox Experience

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 6, 2006

“When I first tried Firefox on Linux, I thought to myself
‘Things simply don’t get better than this.’ I had never used a
quicker browser; it seemed to be making the most of my broadband
connection. Never before had the internet seemed so accessible.

“I then learned about some tweaks one can apply to Firefox.
After making these modifications, again, I thought, ‘Well, it
couldn’t get better than this!’ I have been very happy with its
performance and wondered how it could be improved further still.
Given how fast it was, it seemed unlikely…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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