If you want a more stable version firefox-esr could be helpful
@299792458ms @KickassWomen Problem with downgrading Firefux is that an older release won't read a newer releases profile.
I'm using FF always the latest version in a .deb format, native, never had a problem, in YT or others videos site
@Magister @KickassWomen What OS and release? As I mentioned, I didn't have issue with 22.04 Ubuntu but do with 24.04 Ubuntu-Mate.
in firefox you could export bookmarks and passwords but be aware that passwords will be exported in plain text.
because its running as flatpak, the exported files should be somewhere in $HOME/.var/app/
Thanks
@sun_is_ra @KickassWomen You can run Firefox as flatpak, snap, or you can use the Mozilla repository and install as .deb package. However no matter which way you use it, the video is broken on some Youtube videos, Bitchute has no audio, and Netflix won't play at all, which is why I switched to Thorium.
Am using latest version of firefox but I am running it directly (no snap, flatpak, ..). I have zero problem with youtube videos
@sun_is_ra Great, what OS are you running, what release? I'm on Ubuntu-Mate 24.04, did not have issues with 22.04, but Thorium is working fine on 24.04.
For me sites like YouTube, Rumble, Odysee, and Bitchute work but unfortunately this version of flatpak Firefox is giving me problems.
I've been having issues with Firefox since v128, and I've tried snap, flatpak, and straight from the Mozilla repository. I ended up switching to Thorium which works with all the same plugins I was using for Firefox, has the same general layout, AND can import my bookmarks and passwords from Firefox so it was a pretty seamless transition.
I appreciate your recommendation but I'm boycotting Google and as much of its tech as possible—that's why I was using Firefox.
@KickassWomen Alexander Frick is the lead developer of the Thorium browser. Thorium is a cross-platform, open-source web browser based on Chromium. That's Chromium as in the open source browser, not Chrome as in the Google browser, and it still has the old API that works with ad-blockers. I am using ublock origin with it and it works great.
It uses Google's Chromium engine, that's the problem.
@KickassWomen It is primarily maintained by them but it is an open sourced project and there are other contributors. But whatever, if you find something that doesn't involve Google and still properly functions and doesn't do slimy tactics like replace a vendors ads with it's own, AKA Brave, I'm interested, in the meantime I need something that at least functions which Firefux ceased to do.
It is primarily maintained by them but it is an open sourced project and there are other contributors.
Chromium may be technically open-source, but Google still controls it and has been caught abusing that power before. People concerned about privacy have good reason avoid it.
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