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 I still use Firefox, but I disabled sending any data to Mozilla.
Thanks for not contributing to Chromium monopoly. :)
@elgregor@librem.one That's a good solution! My initiation to LibreWolf made me aware of many settings I never thought existing in Firefox (because suddenly all were turned on by default). It was really educative, and I'll probably benefit a lot of it if I'm going back to Firefox.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
I wonder what the Linux distros that have Firefox in the default install are going to do going forward?
#linuxmint #linux
Is it worth running LibreWolf without fingerprinting disabled? It's kind of a dealbreaker that it doesn't save zoom options on websites. At least I could handle having to run another browser to use Netflix...
@Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com That's exactly where I found it educative to have to be personally facing this dilemma and having to choose.
Here I decided to allow fingerprinting, because mainly I really like when a blog or website switch to dark mode automatically. Without that, all website were in light theme, and it felt very difficult to me to browse the web like that now...
@davidrevoy
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
Cute
@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
The catoon also works for MoonWolf.
🤭
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Thank you for being on the right side of history, like … always 😊
@bigTanuki :blobcatheart: Thank you, but don't worry, I'm making many errors too, and I'll keep doing them as I often experiment with many new things.
I just hope I'll get comments helping me if I go accidentally on questionable territories and I'll have the brightness of mind to study them and readjust.
@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 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.
@Fat_Farang@mastodon.social Nice, that the first web browser suggestion in all the comments I received that I didn't know of existence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorp , very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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
Faut créer une nouvelle fondation type de LibreOffice 😅
@marnic@framapiaf.org Oui 😁 Mais faudrait commencer cette fondation avec un sacré budget pour avoir déjà une grosse poignée de dev à 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 très 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 détaillé que ce que j'avais en tête pour te répondre. 😆
C'était un sacré truc !
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org would like to get cartoon picture and logo designs 👏
@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
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 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 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
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 same same.
Didn't knew this existed, thx!
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org That's very nice!
Great art, so cute!
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@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I just switched to librewolf as well.
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org cute and sad
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