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One of the minor annoyances that I have found in Linux turns out to be a pretyy easy fix.  Being Used to Firefox on a windows system, the backspace button is used to navigate backwards to a prevous page.  No doubt there is a similar Linux alternative button, but I am too stubborn to change my behavior now I guess.  Instead I did a tiny bit of hunting and found that in fact changing Linux Firefox to behave like Windows Firefox is infact a very simple setting away.

First of all I opened a new tab.  (CTRL+T) and in the address bar typed about:config.  A slightly humerous message warns me that I might void my waranty (I am sure I used to get a message something along of the lines of "Here be dragons" in the past?).
Once I clicked through the "I'll be careful, I promise" Button I found myself in the about:config screen. 
If you have not seen this screen before, it allows you to customise lots of Firefox's behaviours by adjusting settings. 

Once in, there is a form control marked "Filter"  typing "browser.backspace_action" will filter out the rest of the commands until you are left with the correct parameter.

Now I double click the parameter and a dialogue box opens.

I simply replaced the number 2 from this box with the number 0.  Low and behold, even without the need for a reload, the backspace key is working in just the same way it did in Windows. I feel more comfortable browsing again and the world takes on a cosy glow once more!

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