How my Firefox became a LibreWolf
New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf
#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Librewolf sur FreeBSD iciđ
#RunBSD
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org cute and sad
@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.
Didn't knew this existed, thx!
@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.
@nekohayo@mastodon.social Yes, I really like Gnome Web/Epiphany. I had also a look at the Plasma side, the Falkon browser.
And the more I think about my web browsing usage, the more I wonder why I want to keep all my browsing inside a single web browser.
Probably a habit I developed with the early web.
I might start to install more browsers and split up my web browsing habit depending on activities and the level of privacy and security I need for certain website.
@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. đŹ
@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.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
Merci pour la découverte.
Mais le souci sera le mĂȘme que Chrome au final, dĂ©pendre de l'Ă©volution de FF pour le code principal.
@marnic@framapiaf.org Totalement! C'est mĂȘme pour ça que dans ma mĂ©taphore, je voulais vraiment montrer que le petit renard reste un renard , tant bien mĂȘme recouvert de cendre. Ca ressemble donc plutĂŽt a une "community curated edition" de Firefox, mais je crois que c'est ce que je cherche lĂ . Je commence Ă me mĂ©fier de Mozilla. Ils dĂ©rapent trop souvent ces derniers temps, et ça c'est que la partie publique...
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
Faut crĂ©er une nouvelle fondation type de LibreOffice đ
@marnic@framapiaf.org Oui đ Mais faudrait commencer cette fondation avec un sacrĂ© budget pour avoir dĂ©jĂ une grosse poignĂ©e de dev Ă plein temps dessus.
Je verrai bien la Wikipedia fondation dessus. Il me semble que leur trésorerie et leur moyen technique et leur familiarité avec le publique ferait que si ils entraient dans ce game, ça ferait un acteur de poids trÚs rapidement.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
tiens ben justement, il s'était passé quoi pour openoffice à l'époque ? j'avais suivi que de loin mais il a bien fallu passer la main à libreoffice à ce moment là aussi ?
@marnic@framapiaf.org
@couscous@mamot.fr @marnic@framapiaf.org Les premiers paragraphes "Histoire" de https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice te donneront une version bien plus dĂ©taillĂ© que ce que j'avais en tĂȘte pour te rĂ©pondre. đ
C'était un sacré truc !
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oh wow en effet đ
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@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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Il y aussi floorp, un "fork" également du renard. Pas d'avis définitif (en phase test) mais je n'ai pas eu le besoin de me plonger dans la doc et de soulever le capot pour l'intant.
@Khrys
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.
@rejzor@mastodon.social Totally understandable đ
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org That's very nice!
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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...
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