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How to setup your Browser and Desktop Environments

This is a How to edit Proxy Settings Guide that also covers operating system specific settings.

Contributions welcomed.

Browsers

Chrome / Chromium / Opera

Chrome, Chromium and Opera use system-wide settings.

  1. Go to chrome://settings
  2. Click on Show advanced settings... (small link on the bottom of the page)
  3. Scroll down to the Network category
  4. Click on Change proxy settings... button

This will open the desktop environment's settings window.

Chrome Browser Tutorial

Firefox

Firefox uses either system-wide settings or custom settings. We recommend to use custom settings, because that allows other applications (like your E-Mail client) to function normally as expected.

  1. Go to about:preferences#advanced
  2. Click on Network Tab
  3. Click on Settings... Button
  4. In the new Window, select Manual proxy configuration and enter details for HTTP Proxy
  5. Click on OK Button

Firefox Browser Tutorial

Safari

Safari uses system-wide settings.

  1. Open the Menu (gear-wheel icon)
  2. Select Preferences
  3. Click on Advanced Tab
  4. Click on Change Settings... Button

This will open the desktop environment's settings window.

Safari Browser Tutorial

Desktop Environments

GNOME

  1. Open Settings Application
  2. Select Network View
  3. Select Network Proxy Menu
  4. Choose Manual as Method and enter details for HTTP Proxy
  5. Click on Apply system wide Button

GNOME Tutorial

XFCE

  1. Open XFCE Menu
  2. Execute gksudo mousepad /etc/environment
  3. Add the following lines to the file and save it
  4. Reboot the system (if environment is loaded only on system startup)
http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8080/
https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8080/
HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8080/
HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8080/

Ubuntu (XFCE) Tutorial

Mac OSX

  1. Open System Preferences Application
  2. Select Network View
  3. Click on Advanced Button
  4. Select Proxies Tab
  5. Check Web Proxy (HTTP) and enter details for HTTP Proxy
  6. Click on OK Button
  7. Click on Apply Button

Mac OSX Tutorial

Windows XP

If you don't know how to open Inetcpl.cpl in command line, follow the Chrome Browser Tutorial in order to open the Internet Properties Control Panel.

  1. Open Internet Properties
  2. Click on LAN settings Button
  3. Check Use a proxy server ... and Click on Advanced Button
  4. Enter details for HTTP Proxy and Check Use the same proxy server for all protocols
  5. Click on OK Button
  6. Click on OK Button
  7. Click on Apply Button

Windows XP Tutorial