Ubuntu switches search back to Google

Canonical's plan to switch the default search provider to Yahoo for the 10.04 release appears to have not worked out; the default will be changed back to Google before the release is made. "It was not our intention to 'flap' between providers, but the underlying circumstances can change unpredictably. In this case, choosing Google will be familiar to everybody upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 and the change will only be visible to those who have been part of the development cycle for 10.04."

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