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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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[–] technikhil@toot.cafe 7 points 2 days ago (5 children)

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
For those coming here in search of Firefox alternatives, I just want to point out https://zen-browser.app/ that is also a fork of Firefox though perhaps a more customised fork... Check it out if you are in the mood for trying a different layout from the default Firefox experience...

[–] louischance@piaille.fr 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

@technikhil @davidrevoy I just gave #Librewolf and #Zenbrowser a try. Both seem to work perfectly fine, and reimporting my date from #Firefox was easy (which seems logical since they're both based on Firefox).
I'm not switching now though. I took a minute to check my Firefox settings and opt out from everything that seemed not to be data privacy friendly.

I'm wondering if those forks are actually viable if Firefox dies one day... So for now I'd rather not cut the branch I've been sitting on for 2 decades, wait and see.

I like the look of Zen browser though, looks like arc!

[–] technikhil@toot.cafe 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@louischance @davidrevoy Yep, perfectly rational... I too have not (yet) given up on Firefox, I have just started compartmentalizing what I use it for. The Firefox sync allows me to still keep parity between the 2 browsers, though given the direction Mozilla is going I am probably going to delete that account quite soon.
The similarity with Arc is what drew me to the Zen browser initially. I also like the amount of space it provides for the content in it's "compact mode" layout.

[–] davidrevoy@framapiaf.org 0 points 1 day ago

@technikhil @louischance Yes, Zen Browser was on my list when I tested, beautiful interface and screenshot on their website.

> I'm wondering if those forks are actually viable if Firefox dies one day...

Louis: yes, this THE central real question about all these forks. I personally don't think any forks around could survive that.

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