How my Firefox became a LibreWolf
New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf
#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic
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Didn't knew this existed, thx!
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org That's very nice!
Great art, so cute!
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I've gone Waterfox and in just 1 day returned to Firefox because so many things just didn't work that did and still do in Firefox. Which is weird but still.
@rejzor@mastodon.social Yes, changing web browser can be difficult. My first hours with LibreWolf was a real maze. :blob_sweat: I'm really lucky I could speak about my issue on the Pepper&Carrot matrix room and received assistance from a more experienced user.
I updated on their bug tracker the thread that I found with the information I needed, for future users in the same situation as me.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I've tried and used so many browser in my life, but at the moment I have a priority of not using anything Google and to not deal with issues and BS. Firefox fits that despite all the idiocies Mozilla is doing as I don't have the time and nerves anymore to deal with random issues forks have that Firefox doesn't. Like, literally the first news streaming site for news I use didn't work in Waterfox and does in Firefox. So, there's that.
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LibreWolf sounds nice.
unfortunately its only available in aur for archlinux, what means i have to build it local. and its veeeeeery big. i started it 90min ago and its still compiling...
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Might we worth mentioning Epiphany (WebKitGTK) in the article for those who may be satisfied with a simpler browser that is still not based on Blink :blobcatcoffee:
Playing DRMed content with it isn't really an option, though.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org hachz. Das ist sweet und traurig gleichzeitig.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org who is behind Librewolf?
@veroandi@mastodon.social Have a look at their profile here: https://librewolf.net/#what-is-librewolf
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I did but there are no names there. :(
I may sometimes use open-source tools that I don't know who made them. But I don't feel comfortable using them for a browser. If it's a honeypot created by intelligence agencies or North Korean hackers, I have no idea. 😬
@veroandi@mastodon.social It's a community fork. So, you have to meet their community. Scroll down the page to the "Core contributor" section. I see 8 profiles here.
You can check their public activities on Codeberg, and follow links on their profile. You can also discuss with them on their Matrix chat room.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org same same.
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I do not like what firefox mozilla is trying to do but. I like librewolf just... they can not enhance security by delay the code for fixes. It is not good but sometimes takes days. We need to pull togeather and if librewolf fixed this i am fine to change..
@ibrahim_cris@mastodon.social For sure, yes, this is something I want to see in the long run: how quick LibreWolf get patched and released to security vulnerabilities.
But so far, this was really educative: I now better understand many Firefox privacy options not activated by default and that I never knew of existence. If I go back to Firefox, I'll be a more advanced user knowing the settings and the about:config options.
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Merci pour la découverte.
Mais le souci sera le même que Chrome au final, dépendre de l'évolution de FF pour le code principal.
@marnic@framapiaf.org Totalement! C'est même pour ça que dans ma métaphore, je voulais vraiment montrer que le petit renard reste un renard , tant bien même recouvert de cendre. Ca ressemble donc plutôt a une "community curated edition" de Firefox, mais je crois que c'est ce que je cherche là. Je commence à me méfier de Mozilla. Ils dérapent trop souvent ces derniers temps, et ça c'est que la partie publique...
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Long time LibreWolf user. I have recently installed "Floorp" on one of my machine, also a fork of Firefox. It has the added advantage of being non-US based (Japan). Seems good, but too early to be definitive.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org would like to get cartoon picture and logo designs 👏
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Got rid of Chrome for Chromium I guess Firefox will have to be replaced with an alternative as well since they decided to follow in Google's footsteps.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Thank you for this. I had forgotten about LibreWolf and now is a great time to remember it again. I appreciate your introduction as well. It helps to know what I'm getting into and what I should warn others about before sending them to it.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Thank you for being on the right side of history, like … always 😊
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The catoon also works for MoonWolf.
🤭
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org The artwork and the alt text describing it are both poignant and touching.
I'm about to migrate from Firefox (which I've been using since it was Netscape 3.04) to Librewolf as well. It's nice to feel welcomed.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Librewolf sur FreeBSD ici👍
#RunBSD
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I've been using LibreWolf for several years. I usually use different browsers for different tasks and for general privacy and security if I'm not using Tor it's my browser of choice.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Note that if you are concerning about security, you may want to enable Google Safe Browsing as well (I know this is from Google, but implementation from Mozilla is making sense and even Librewolf devs are considering enabling it if it wasn't for user self-compiling issues). I'm a CS student myself but I don't think I'm that savvy for checking every site I go though.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Oh, I am considering moving to LibreWolf currently too
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