Bug#955707: debian-edu-config: use DuckDuckGo as Chromium's default search provider

[Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>]

Hi Wolfgang,

On  Sa 04 Apr 2020 00:20:37 CEST, Mike Gabriel wrote:

> Package: debian-edu-config
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Currently (during the bullseye release cycle), chromium uses Google  
> as the default search provider.
>
> With the below snippet dropped into  
> /etc/chromium/policies/managed/<somefile>.json we could switch that  
> to DuckDuckGo:
>
> {
>   "DefaultSearchProviderEnabled":true,
>   "DefaultSearchProviderName": "DuckDuckGo",
>   "DefaultSearchProviderIconURL":"https://duckduckgo.com/favicon.ico";,
>   "DefaultSearchProviderEncodings":["UTF-8"],
>   "DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL":"https://duckduckgo.com/?q={searchTerms}";,
>    
> "DefaultSearchProviderSuggestURL":"https://duckduckgo.com/ac/?q={searchTerms}&type=list";,
>   "DefaultSearchProviderNewTabURL":"https://duckduckgo.com/chrome_newtab";,
> }
>
> Possibly an option for Debian Edu? Maybe even for Chromium in Debian?
>
> Mike

I saw the above as part of the release notes for Debian Edu bullseye,  
right? Can we close #955707?

Mike
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