Thread: [Fremantle Maemo5+Harmattan Maemo6] [Announce] Give Mee No Ads! - script to easy up /etc/hosts adblocking
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2014-07-21 , 19:06
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Give Mee No Ads! is a script to easy up installing and updating /etc/hosts-based adblocking.

How to use it?
Run `update-hosts-adblocking` as root

How to get it?
Fremantle: use extras-devel
Harmattan: use OpenRepos
The package name is
Code:
give-mee-no-ads-cli
So is there a GUI version?
No.

How to back up /etc/hosts?
Give Mee No Ads! automatically backs it up and restores upon uninstall.

Will my personalized hosts entries be preserved?
No, but they'll remain in backup

Note for Fremantle users: Fremantle version is beta quality. I don't remember whether Harmattan version worked flawlessly on N900 or whether it needed some tweaking. Be careful while using it until the warning is dismissed

Thanks to vi_ for this useful one-liner!
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