#waterfox — Public Fediverse posts

Long ago I moved from Floorp to Vivaldi. Lately Vivaldi blew up memory and CPU use, so I tried Brave. Same thing (same chromium engine). So I went to Waterfox. Waterfox yesterday threw an error about non-matching libraries last evening as I tried to update it.

I'm back on Floorp.

#browser #Vivaldi #Brave #Waterfox #Linux

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Many people would appreciate it if you reconsidered your policy on "AI" as it hurts not just your own software but many artists and people who are already living in harsh conditions. Any and all uses of it further these issues and its disappointing to see Firefox embrace it in any way.

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Many people would appreciate it if you reconsidered your policy on "AI" as it hurts not just your own software but many artists and people who are already living in harsh conditions. Any and all uses of it further these issues and its disappointing to see Firefox embrace it in any way.

(Linux news in previous posts)

FOSS NEWS

MidnightBSD 4.0.4 Released With Aged & Agectl For Age Verification/Attestation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MidnightBSD-4.0.4
(I wonder what the heck is going on in the project that they didn't want to comply, and then they suddenly do... Hopefully it won't happen to more currently non-compliant projects)

GhostBSD says no to age verification, but will probably comply with age attestation laws:
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/d/793-freebsd-and-age-verification/35
(Now that's pretty sad, GhostBSD was one of the systems I would consider if I ever decided to switch to BSD. I'll stay on Linux because there are quite a few distros who openly oppose this nonsense, but I'd like to see at least one BSD system fully opposing just in case)

Introducing Proton Meet: Confidential video calls for work and life:
https://proton.me/business/blog/introducing-proton-meet

Waterfox to integrate Brave adblock engine, with search ads enabled by default:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/waterfox-to-integrate-brave-adblock-engine-with-search-ads-enabled-by-default/

Floorp introduces Zen Mode and enhanced Split View with 4 panes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/floorp-introduces-zen-mode-and-enhanced-split-view-with-4-panes/

OBS Studio 32.1.1 Is Out to Improve the Audio Mixer and Audio Deduplication:
https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-1-1-is-out-to-improve-the-audio-mixer-and-audio-deduplication

Gaim 3 Is In Development For Restoring The Original Gaim Instant Messaging App In GTK4:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gaim-3-In-Development

Jami “Euclid” brings revamped UI, improved accessibility, better RTL support, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/jami-euclid-brings-revamped-ui-improved-accessibility-better-rtl-support-and-more/

OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/optiscaler-tool-gets-a-huge-new-release-with-more-upscaling-and-frame-generation-goodies/

ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/scummvm-2026-2-0-railmonicon-out-now-supporting-more-retro-games/

OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/opengoal-project-adds-the-naughty-dog-classic-jak-3/

Chiaki-ng the open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets better streaming quality and stability:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/chiaki-ng-the-open-source-playstation-remote-play-app-gets-better-streaming-quality-and-stability/

Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/heretic-ii-has-a-new-reverse-engineered-source-port/

(more FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #AgeVerification #BSD #MidnightBSD #GhostBSD #ProtonMeet #Waterfox #Floorp #OBS #Jami #ScummVM #Gaim #OptiScaler #Heretic #FosseryTech

Reemplazando Mozilla Firefox

Como comenté anteriormente, estoy dejando de usar Firefox. Una condición del cambio es no usar un navegador basado en el motor de Google Chrome (el IE6 de éstos tiempos).

Acá comento cuáles he ido probando, mi experiencia y con cuáles me quedé.

https://picandocodigo.net/2026/reemplazando-mozilla-firefox/

#FireDragon #Firefox #GNUIcecat #PaleMoon #SeaMonkey #Waterfox

Nie spodziewałem się, że to kiedyś nastąpi ... :/

Zastąpiona przez fork #Mercury, który z kolei pozbierał różne patche liska z #LibreWolf, #Waterfox, #FireDragon, #PlasmaFox i #Ghostery.
Testuję też #floorp
Edit: I #ZenBrowser
A zamiast Thunderbirda, #Betterbird :)

Więcej o #Mercury tutaj -> https://thorium.rocks/mercury