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Ungoogled Chromium XDG?
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Couldn't you just install the flatpak? That might be way simpler
I can give it a try, but I would prefer a more "native" approach. I don't like this flatpack/snap concept. But yes, it's an alternative.
Isnt XDG a base directory spec? I could be wrong.
AFAIK chromium is degoogled, what Google Chrome uses is a Googled version of chromium.
Yes, that's my understanding of xdg. But I have no idea what this means for Ungoogled Chromium package. Base Chromium itself isn't degoogled. It has most of the Google service's active and enabled. Only a minor subset, like bookmark sync is disabled (but technically available). With Ungoogled Chromium, most (not all) Google dependencies are patched and inactive. At least this was the case as I last checked it. Since I prefer a mostly Google free environment, I would like to use Ungoogled Chromium for testing and a patched Firefox browser for standard web things.
You can try Thorium Browser, it's similar to Ungoogled Chromium, but it also has many performance improvements and other things.
If you're not keen on web DRM, might be worth considering Firefox. The less chromium users, the easier it is to stop companies implementing this.
Oh thats my standard browser. I need Chromium only for testing my webextensions and for Geforce Now. Since the last will not work with Firefox.
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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