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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[-] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 5 points 1 month ago
[-] pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

The Gnome browser (epiphany?) is actually quite good. But when I'm on windows I use Zen. On GrapheneOS I use IronFox.

I also recently tested Ladybird. It's still not usable for daily use, but I'm excited for it.

[-] JanUwU42@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Zen Browser I love it :)

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

i've been using firefox and its predecessors since the very beginning, all the way back to pre-release navigator.

i do have (and have always had) other browsers installed (using 'portable' installations of them, mostly, these days). currently those include vivaldi, opera, librewolf and waterfox. at least one of which is added along side firefox on each desktop (most often also with a firefox dev edition). these are mostly for testing but also to separate specific online tasks into their own browser. the chromium-based ones are used for very specific things requiring addons that don't work well or at all with firefox.

unless i need to in order to assist a client, i do not use chrome as provided by google, and i do not use edge from microsoft except for its primary function: downloading another browser when i don't have a flash drive handy with its installer already downloaded and saved to it.

having actually read the policy documents in question and considering the intent and purpose of the changes that mozilla is making, i have no plans on changing my primary browser.

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[-] kittenroar@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

Still using Firefox. They mean well. Wish I could say the same of chrome.

[-] jamesbunagna@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

Trivalent, i.e. "a hardened chromium for desktop Linux inspired by Vanadium". Vanadium, for the uninitiated, is the browser found on GrapheneOS; the most secure and privacy-friendly/conscious OS for phones.

[-] RecipeForHate1@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I moved to LibreWolf back when Mozilla announced AI features

I appreciate its privacy-focused approach

[-] TheChickenOfDoom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Librewolf, it's Firefox but without the evil.

[-] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm a very recent linux convert, coming from windows where I was using Vivaldi and I quite like it. But... are there reasons to switch to something else?

[-] Vahenir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Myself i run "Firedragon" which is a fork of floorp. As for why its mostly because it came with the distro i run (garuda linux) and it works nicely so i didnt really feel i had to swap it.

[-] chrand@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Still using Firefox but looking to move to LibreWolf

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

On pc I use both librewolf and firefox

On mobile I use mull, fennec, and vanadium if for some reason they want something chromium based

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 4 points 1 month ago
[-] karpintero@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks for this. I'm using mainly Firefox to support alternatives to webkit/blink based browsers but the new ToU makes me a bit apprehensive about the direction they're going.

I also had been test driving Falkon from KDE but will look into these as well.

[-] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

FireDragon because it's the version of Firefox that Garuda ships with and I never saw a reason to change from it.

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Brave, FOSS. Because it's the best one I have found for my use case. Been using it since 2021, after some 20 years with FF. No regrets.

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[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Not sure what you mean by Zen being a skin. Its a fork in the same way Librewolf and Waterfox are forks.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Looking forward to Ladybird but it is very early days. Have been using Zen a lot. And Orion on iPhone.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I have only tried Zen from your list and it's been nice so far. The most recent update last night broke something with the multi account containers, but other than that it's been smooth sailing for months.

Ladybird looks promising but it's not out yet. Planning to try switching to it when it's out.

Arc is apparently dead (or dying), but it was chromium based, VC funded, and Zen does most of the same things anyway. https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24279020/browser-company-ai-browser-arc

[-] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Right now I use mainly Firefox, not because I like it but because it comes with my distro (whereas LibreWolf requires Flatpak) making it work well with the PWA project and it supports weird hacks necessary to install Widevine on my system so I can listen to Tidal. I also have LibreWolf installed with data set to delete on close and set up to proxy over Tor and I2P using privoxy and has LibRedirect installed which is set up to redirect to the corresponding onion/i2p domains. I was trying to install Zen Browser using the Guix package manager earlier but had problems, but I might try again later.

On Android, I use Vanadium for sites I stay logged into, Cromite with auto clearing history for other stuff, and Ironfox for Kagi and to use plugins like LibRedirect.

[-] Templa@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

I use Librewolf as my daily driver, however it breaks a lot of websites. We had to purchase plane tickets yesterday and to use regular Firefox.

I was super hyped for Ladybird but there was this weird thing regarding pronouns on their docs (last year?) and no matter the outcome, I just decided to not follow it anymore.

I have Chromium installed for things that break even on regular Firefox and for comparing websites when I need.

On mobile (grapheneOS), I am currently using Firefox Nightly, I think because it was the only one I was able to install extensions from custom repositories, I am not sure if that's still the case. I know I can (and should use) Vanadium, but I always miss my FF extensions when I do it. I play a lot of things so I love when I am automatically redirected from Fandom to a Breeze wiki instance, for example.

I never tried any other browsers of the list, and honestly I am very curious on the differences between Librewolf and Waterfox. Wasn't able to do the research by myself yet.

[-] penguin202124@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Firefox with Arkenfox. I'm not going to help the Chromium monopoly. The changes suck, but oh the hell well.

Edit: Switched to Librewolf because I was too lazy to reinstall Arkenfox. It's great!

[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Mostly fennec (firefox) on android but there are concerning news every half year about firefox. No idea how long I can withstand.

Vanadium is my alternative but it has no (good) browser tab overview (list instead of huge squares). And bottom navigation is sub par as well. Brave would be better in that regard but vanadium is rock solid.

As soon as firefox drops ublock, I'm out. For me, that day is still far away, but I guess it's inevitable. You can't trust firefox not chaning their path anymore. :'( .

[-] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Librewolf mainly because that's the Firefox-type browser that comes with my distro (IceCat is there too, but it's based on ESR and not frequently updated).

[-] Drito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I use Librewolf, I manage passwords with pass and rofi. Hoppefuly AIs will write a new FOSS web browser. I read here and here that the web standards are too big to be implemented by humans.

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[-] SeeFerns@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Been using zen for a few days with ublock, no issues so far but I might go back to librewolf soon even though it feels less modern. It just feels safer, idk tbh

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