Updating conversion, creating readmes

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  ⟡ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12754199
  ⟡ https://github.com/mozilla/addons-linter/issues/1000#issuecomment-255089138
 awesome-firefox
A curated list of resources for and about Mozilla Firefox (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/products/) - a bloated (http://blog.ffextensionguru.com/2015/06/20/mozilla-making-firefox-bloated/) but versatile 
popular modern browser with nice user interface. Unfortunately, after Firefox 42 Mozilla has instituted unwelcome changes in how addons work entering the already familiar territory of "walled gardens". Please 
see the forks (#firefox-clonesforks) chapter to review your alternatives.
 awesome-firefox
A curated list of resources for and about Mozilla Firefox (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/products/) - a bloated (http://blog.ffextensionguru.com/2015/06/20/mozilla-making-firefox-bloated/) but versatile popular modern browser 
with nice user interface. Unfortunately, after Firefox 42 Mozilla has instituted unwelcome changes in how addons work entering the already familiar territory of "walled gardens". Please see the forks (#firefox-clonesforks) chapter to 
review your alternatives.
Hardening your Firefox
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 ⟡ Changing the configuration (https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js) - a checklist of things to do with about:config to reduce information leaking to Mozilla, Google and other corporate mastodons.
 ⟡ Firefox vulnerabilities (https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=firefox&search_type=all&cves=on) - an up-to-date list of vulnerabilities from US NIST (the official Mozilla list is here 
(https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/)).
 ⟡ Certificate Patrol (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/certificate-patrol/) - an extension to watch out for Man-In-the-Middle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack) (MITM) 
certificate attacks.
 ⟡ Certificate Patrol (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/certificate-patrol/) - an extension to watch out for Man-In-the-Middle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack) (MITM) certificate attacks.
 ⟡ NoScript (https://noscript.net/) - an extension to keep JavaScript activity at a minimum, and protect from cross-site scripting.
  ⟡ _Privacy tip_: put 127.0.0.1 secure.informaction.com into your hosts file (NoScript dials home at startup).
 ⟡ Adblockers:
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Restyling well-known sites
 
 ⟡ Wide GitHub (https://github.com/xthexder/wide-github) - for those who don't like white space.
 ⟡ If you want to restyle _any_ site, you don't need any more extensions (Stylish (https://github.com/JasonBarnabe/stylish) etc.) Simply edit this gist 
(https://gist.github.com/Hunter-Github/446d8fd36899a7d9180a) and add it to GreaseMonkey to suit your case.
 ⟡ If you want to restyle _any_ site, you don't need any more extensions (Stylish (https://github.com/JasonBarnabe/stylish) etc.) Simply edit this gist (https://gist.github.com/Hunter-Github/446d8fd36899a7d9180a) and add it to 
GreaseMonkey to suit your case.
Recovering passwords
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Firefox clones/forks
_Mozilla is entering into partnerships with commercial entities (like Telefonica) and considering radically changing the API which may kill the browser and its ecosystem. This necessitates starting an early 
search for respectable substitutes._
_Mozilla is entering into partnerships with commercial entities (like Telefonica) and considering radically changing the API which may kill the browser and its ecosystem. This necessitates starting an early search for respectable 
substitutes._
⟡ PaleMoon (https://www.palemoon.org/) - GitHub repo is called Pale-Moon (https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/Pale-Moon).
⟡ IceCat (http://www.gnu.org/software/icecat/) - a GNUish fork which unfortunately lags behind FF at the moment.
⟡ Mozilla Build Instructions (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Simple_Firefox_build) - the dev environment is huge.
⟡ Linux build pre-requisites (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Linux_Prerequisites).
The easiest way to get a modern and performant browser, though, is switching to an 'unstable' Chromium (https://download-chromium.appspot.com/). Although it still requires some customization, it supports uBlock 
Origin/uMatrix.
The easiest way to get a modern and performant browser, though, is switching to an 'unstable' Chromium (https://download-chromium.appspot.com/). Although it still requires some customization, it supports uBlock Origin/uMatrix.
Where to look for other awesome lists