It's almost always daunting describing in text what one needs to do in a GUI. Here's an easier way, but it too looks complex in text. 1. start typing a search term in the URL/search bar at the top of the FF window 2. you will get a pop-down list of suggested searches 3. at the bottom right of this pop-down, click the settings fat star 4. now select the default search engine you want. Alternatively, for a one time change of search engine, click the icon for it in the bottom row of the pop-down. I especially like using this for searching my tabs.
From: Steve Petrie via talk <talk@gtalug.org> To: GTALUG Talk <talk@gtalug.org> Cc: Steve Petrie <apetrie@aspetrie.net> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:49:13 -0400 Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk
It's easy to change Firefox default search engine to DuckDuckGo.
As soon as my Debian 11 linux boots, I always start Firefox ESR and change the Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo.
Easily done:
(1) left-click hamburger button (the 3 horizontal lines at top right corner of Firefox window);
(2) left-click "Settings" menu item;
(3) left-click "Search" menu item on left side of window;
(4) open "Default Search Engine" drop-down list (left-click small "v");
(5) left-click "DuckDuckGo" item in drop-down list;
(7) left-click hamburger button (the 3 horizontal lines at top right corner of Firefox window);
(8) left-click "New window" menu item- - see new Firefox window open, with DuckDuckGo as search engine;
(9) left-click "+" sign in Firefox title bar -- see new page open in current Firefox window, with DuckDuckGo as search engine;