How is Librewolf better?
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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I too would like this knowledge to be imparted upon my person.
Hardened by default, no telemetry, no Pocket, virtually everything Mozilla-related removed, and timely updates unlike some other forks. It is like the Ungoogled Chromium equivalent of Firefox. Since I do not like the company it is the perfect option for me.
Why don't you like Mozilla?
They are a for-profit company including laying off staff but their CEO still makes CEO money even while the company is struggling. Not to mention if you are trying to degoogle that is where Mozilla makes the bulk of its income. That's just a few things of many, they've also made stupid decisions like leaving Thunderbird out in the cold for years or that whole Colorways thing they wasted time on. Not to mention I don't actually even like Firefox the browser. I use librewolf strictlty out of principle and not because I actually prefer it over chromium. I think it is inferior in most ways but I am opposed to the centralization so here we are.
Just as a sidenote, Thunderbird is not part of the same company as firefox and was part of the Mozilla foundation until 2020. Thunderbird is no longer "out in the cold". There is a new version (115) that you might want to check out if you like thunderbird.
I don't want to engage with the rest.
I am aware. I have been a Thunderbird user for at least 15 years which is why I am unhappy with their general treatment of it over the years as a second class citizen. But at least it is in a better place now.
They waste a lot of money on unrelated projects
Which they often half-ass, then discontinue like Lockwise. A bit like Google is handling their projects.
Its hardened firefox, but you dont have to do any of the hardening yourself. Thats it, and thats why I continue to just use hardened firefox.
Heh... hardened
They pre-install ublock origin basically.
It's hardened. Breaks websites if you don't loosen up security. Personally, I'm fine with not being able to access websites which absolutely attempt to implement rubbish like a bunch of failed redirects (looking at you aliexpress), but YMMV
I use Fennec on Android because I can use desktop Firefox addons if I enable developer options and use my addon collection.
Well, Mull is more like a "Librewolf for Android", I (think) it is more privacy-focused than Fennec.
Mull also supports more extensions from developer options.
Check these out for Librewolf and Mull's results. Fennec isn't in the list (yet?)
https://privacytests.org/
https://privacytests.org/android.html
Hmmm that was bothering me that mobile Firefox has access to like six add-ons. At least ublock was one.
Take a look at iceraven (:
i'm also on Fennec. Any tip on how I can install this addon - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fediredirect/
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I use Firefox with adblock and Duckduckgo, for me I good enough.
Great choice, i use Librewolf with ublock + privacy badger and searx as a search engine
based. i believe privacy badger is redundant with ublock?
Mostly. Sometimes it'll catch something ublock missed though so not pointlessly redundant.
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Meh, firefox is plenty enough
That implies Librewolf is improved in some way, but it is just Firefox with hardening applied.
Mike Kuketz had a detailed look at several browsers and Librewolf as well. In a nutshell, he was pleased and states that the default settings are user friendly. His website is in German though: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/librewolf-datensendeverhalten-desktop-version-browser-check-teil8/
I like Mullvad Browser :3 Though, I turn off letterboxing because I can't hanle it.
I always told Firefox that it was too good for you. But Firefox wouldn't listen. It would say, "No, Titou is the one. Titou will never do me wrong." Well. Well. Well..
Oh nice, Can I still sync my Firefox account with it? Been looking for an alternative so I can use FF for both work and home.
If you’re looking for a bookmark sync, check out floccus, a FOSS plugin for Firefox and chromium browsers that will sync your bookmarks to a cloud storage and across your browsers.
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Last time I checked it has the sync removed.
You can reenable that in the settings, but it's off by default. I use it everyday
Nice Ty. Can you share how to do it?
https://librewolf.net/docs/settings/#enable-firefox-sync
You set this in your overrides file or in about:config
You can also do it with the normal settings menu (about:preferences). The setting is called "Enable Firefox Sync" under the tab "LibreWolf". Might be a bit easier this way.
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Pro tip: change your user agent to linux
For what reason?
To promote linux
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