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Seems the smart thing to do.
Why Librewolf is not mentioned?
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In general I usually read the PKGBUILD before I install it for the first time, also I mostly only install PKGBUILDS with a high vote count and high popularity when I do need a package from the AUR.
Condobloke
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from HERE
Librewolf
Librewolf is promoted as the community-maintained fork of Librefox: a privacy and security-focused browser however Librewolf is suffering from the same problems as Waterfox.
Librewolf is a set of scripts and patches that removes the Firefox telemetry feature among other things. However, a network dump reveals that the very first time Librewolf is started it immediately contacts the Mozilla add-on CDN, Amazon Cloudfront, and several other places even though automatic updates of extensions is disabled by default.
The network dump reveals some of the following domains and IP addresses (I have shortened the list):
Librewolf should not be bouncing around on the Internet without the user explicitly asking it to do so.
Librewolf
Librewolf is promoted as the community-maintained fork of Librefox: a privacy and security-focused browser however Librewolf is suffering from the same problems as Waterfox.
Librewolf is a set of scripts and patches that removes the Firefox telemetry feature among other things. However, a network dump reveals that the very first time Librewolf is started it immediately contacts the Mozilla add-on CDN, Amazon Cloudfront, and several other places even though automatic updates of extensions is disabled by default.
The network dump reveals some of the following domains and IP addresses (I have shortened the list):
- addons.cdn.mozilla.net
- server-13-33-240-122.hel50.r.cloudfront.net
- ec2-34-253-97-22.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
- content-signature-2.cdn.mozilla.net
- rt4bb146-89-147.routit.net
- invidio.us
- static.213-133-100-23.clients.your-server.de
- 132.145.233.26
- 52.142.124.215
- 167.99.237.63
- 194.187.168.100
Librewolf should not be bouncing around on the Internet without the user explicitly asking it to do so.
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After reading that link, I decided to check out the Falkon browser
I thought someone had already mentioned this recent Distrowatch article, but perhaps it was elsewhere as I don't spot it here in this thread. To quote the article:
Their GitLab development page seems to confirm at least a year without any significant changes to the code. Falkon may be okay for experimenting, but I don't think I'd make it my daily browser unless it returns to active development.
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Good to know
Have there been times where the users pick up the ball after the developers (of any software) drop it?
Sure, although I'd say "other devs" rather than "users." That's the beauty of open source. But you, as a user, can become a dev too. Many software projects have changed "maintainers" over the years.
Terminal Velocity
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Why we can't just fall into Google's hug
If I'm reading that correctly, it's probably resolved by setting the homepage/new tab/start page to blank or a domain of your choice.
I was able to use Firejail Librewolf when I had the appimage.
I deleted the appimage and got LW from the flatpak.
I got the same errors as the following before:
linux.org
When issuing the terminal command "firejail librewolf", the first lines of the error:
Reading profile /etc/firejail/default.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.passwdmgr.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.programs.inc
Warning: networking feature is disabled in Firejail configuration file
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I did ask this earlier about Brave. Brave is not in the repositories.
So how did you get it to Mint?
You must have gone to https://brave.com/download/ to get it.
I deleted the appimage and got LW from the flatpak.
I got the same errors as the following before:
Firejail librewolf error
It won't launch with errors: Warning: networking feature is disabled in Firejail configuration file ** Note: you can use --noprofile to disable default.profile ** /bin/bash: librewolf: command not found Is there something else that is required to use firejail and librewolf? This is how it was...
linux.org
Reading profile /etc/firejail/default.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.passwdmgr.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.programs.inc
Warning: networking feature is disabled in Firejail configuration file
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I did ask this earlier about Brave. Brave is not in the repositories.
So how did you get it to Mint?
You must have gone to https://brave.com/download/ to get it.
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I don't use/know enough about both to offer a qualified opinion. I would suggest looking for less-biased sources than 'flatkill.org'.
Leonardo_B
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what firejail do ?I was able to use Firejail Librewolf when I had the appimage.
I deleted the appimage and got LW from the flatpak.
I got the same errors as the following before:
When issuing the terminal command "firejail librewolf", the first lines of the error:Firejail librewolf error
It won't launch with errors: Warning: networking feature is disabled in Firejail configuration file ** Note: you can use --noprofile to disable default.profile ** /bin/bash: librewolf: command not found Is there something else that is required to use firejail and librewolf? This is how it was...
Reading profile /etc/firejail/default.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.passwdmgr.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable.programs.inc
Warning: networking feature is disabled in Firejail configuration file
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There is another problem with flatpak. Flatpak can't be sandboxed with Firejail and its 'own' sandboxing seems a false security as reported in the following:
So now is the appimage or flatpak better?
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I did ask this earlier about Brave. Brave is not in the default repositories.
So how did you get it to Mint?
You must have gone to https://brave.com/download/ to get it.
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I installed Firejail from the Linux repository and used default settings OOTB.
I don't quite understand Firejail enough to instruct on how to use it or set it up properly.
Firejail runs things in its own container, with limited permissions to interact with the rest of the system.
It comes with some profiles already, such as for Firefox. You can also create your own profiles and/or use the default configuration.
It's a pretty handy application and a future article on my L-T site. It's a nice tool to have in your Linux toolbox.
It comes with some profiles already, such as for Firefox. You can also create your own profiles and/or use the default configuration.
It's a pretty handy application and a future article on my L-T site. It's a nice tool to have in your Linux toolbox.
@Condobloke @Leonardo_B
So how did you get Brave?
You said you are using Brave, and it is not in the repositories.
So how did you get Brave?
You said you are using Brave, and it is not in the repositories.
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Leonardo_B
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one thing to note is that brave is based on Chromium so all extensions are throw the google extension store.
Release Channel
Code:
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl
sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install brave-browserNightly Channel
Code:
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl
sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-nightly-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-nightly.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-nightly-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-nightly-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-nightly.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-nightly.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install brave-browser-nightly
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Because Google's not your friend and doesn't need to know every. thing. about you, and then try to sell you something you don't need.
