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In hopes of squeezing a bit more performance out of firefox and thunderbird I decided to compile them from source with some gcc optimizations. Here’s a general outline of what I had to do:

Install needed build utilities: apt-get install autotools-dev fakeroot dh-make build-essential
Make a directory for the source: mkdir src; cd src

Download source: apt-get source [...]

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The FISA bill was postponed yesterday by some hard work by Chris Dodd and others. Make sure you contact your senators before they return from the holiday break. Don’t let the telco’s get away with giving your emails and phone calls to the administration with our your permission.

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