How to disable/remove "Amazon app" in Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is the most used Linux distribution , and it has may cool features...it also has one very annoying addition: that is Amazon search-lens and Amazon web app.
Here's how to get rid of them.

Disable Shoping lense completely in Ubuntu 13.10 and Later

To disable all these shopping Dash plugins/scopes from the command line, use the following command:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses disabled-scopes "['more_suggestions-amazon.scope', 'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope', 'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope', 'music-musicstore.scope', 'more_suggestions-ebay.scope', 'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope', 'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope']"

To remove Amazon shopping lens..(works only for ubuntu releases older than 13.10)

open terminal(Ctrl + Alt + T) and run the following command

sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping

Type in your password when prompted, and when it's finished, log out. When you log back in, you should find that the Amazon ads no longer show up

To remove Amazon app

You can remove Amazon app from Ubuntu simply by Running following command..

sudo apt-get remove unity-webapps-common

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How to remove "Ubuntu-Firefox customizations" from firefox browser in Ubuntu

How to remove
"Ubuntu-Firefox Customization"
from Firefox browser in Ubuntu Linux

Firefox is the default web browser in Ubuntu Linux. But Ubuntu makers are not shipping vanilla flavored Firefox , instead they are shipping modified/customized version of Firefox in Ubuntu.
To make this customizations they are using an extension called Ubufox

If needed, we can disable these "Ubuntu changes" permanently OR temporarily (in case you wanted them back) since these settings are implemented using the Firefox Extension API (it's added as an Extension).

But before doing that lets have a look at what this Firefox extension does...

• Set the Homepage to Ubuntu Start (which can be quite useful since it's like the online "Ubuntu-Pedia" where you can ask and find almost anything about Ubuntu
• Restart notification after an Upgrade
• Adds ask.com as the default search engine .
• Search for plugins in Ubuntu software Catalogue.
• Adds the official Ubuntu release note to the Help menu...

Okay.. first we are going to see how to disable it temporarily ..
Anyhow, as said, if you want to temporarily disable it, then launch your Firefox web browser and from the menu bar click on: "Tools" -> "Add-ons"
And then from the window that you get, to your left go to: "Extensions" and then from your right side select:
"Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" and click on the "disable" button.

But if you want to completely remove it, then open your Terminal window and enter the below command.

sudo apt-get purge xul-ext-ubufox

If you wanted to get it back later, then use the below command to manually install it.

sudo apt-get install xul-ext-ubufox

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Can you spread the word? Privacy Awerness Video By Mozilla - Episode 1

Can you spread the word? Privacy Awerness Video By Mozilla - Episode 1

Hello,

I wanted to share a new video created by Mozilla that's already been viewed more than 350,000 times(on mozilla website ) since it released .

The video is designed for people who are new to the privacy discussion and helps explain why we should all care about our right to privacy. The more people we can reach, the greater our power to create change. Can you share it with your friends and family?

This is the first video in a multi-part series about encryption - you can read more about that below.
More soon --
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Hello,
We can move more people from simply consuming the Web to becoming its active citizens, but we need your help.
People like you and I know how fundamental privacy is to the open Web. There are many more who share our values and would join this movement. That's why we made something to spotlight the importance of online privacy. We're creating videos for you to watch and then share with friends, family, and colleagues. The videos are designed to be an introduction to the issues we care about - a way for each of us to start important conversations.

This is where you come in: will you watch this first video and then share it? It's a great tool to start a conversation about privacy with people you know.
This new video series starts simple: it explores why privacy is so important in our everyday lives. In follow up videos we'll send over the next few weeks, we'll talk about encryption, and tell the story of how encryption can help enable and protect privacy.  

Why do this now? We expect there are a number of significant political battles on surveillance and encryption coming down the pipe. We're going to need to ask people like you and your friends to take a stand. Before we do this, we want to provide a solid grounding on why encryption matters.  

Will you watch the video now and help spread the word?

P.S. This is a new campaign strategy for us and we will learn a lot as the weeks go on. We'd love to hear your feedback - after watching the video, you can reply to this email and let us know what you think. Or send an email to askjoin@mozilla.org.