#waterfox — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #waterfox, aggregated by home.social.
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@Tutanota
#Firefox has too much going on for a default install. Home screen widgets, AI and other things. You need to disable quite a few things in settings to make it focus on browsing. #Librewolf is too restrictive for a normal person to use. Again can be changed in settings but default experience is not ideal for normal web browsing.
I have found #waterfox to be a good middle ground, has sane settings for privacy and can be used straightaway for normal web browsing and video watching. -
@Tutanota
#Firefox has too much going on for a default install. Home screen widgets, AI and other things. You need to disable quite a few things in settings to make it focus on browsing. #Librewolf is too restrictive for a normal person to use. Again can be changed in settings but default experience is not ideal for normal web browsing.
I have found #waterfox to be a good middle ground, has sane settings for privacy and can be used straightaway for normal web browsing and video watching. -
@Tutanota
#Firefox has too much going on for a default install. Home screen widgets, AI and other things. You need to disable quite a few things in settings to make it focus on browsing. #Librewolf is too restrictive for a normal person to use. Again can be changed in settings but default experience is not ideal for normal web browsing.
I have found #waterfox to be a good middle ground, has sane settings for privacy and can be used straightaway for normal web browsing and video watching. -
@Tutanota
#Firefox has too much going on for a default install. Home screen widgets, AI and other things. You need to disable quite a few things in settings to make it focus on browsing. #Librewolf is too restrictive for a normal person to use. Again can be changed in settings but default experience is not ideal for normal web browsing.
I have found #waterfox to be a good middle ground, has sane settings for privacy and can be used straightaway for normal web browsing and video watching. -
@Tutanota
#Firefox has too much going on for a default install. Home screen widgets, AI and other things. You need to disable quite a few things in settings to make it focus on browsing. #Librewolf is too restrictive for a normal person to use. Again can be changed in settings but default experience is not ideal for normal web browsing.
I have found #waterfox to be a good middle ground, has sane settings for privacy and can be used straightaway for normal web browsing and video watching. -
I currently use #Firefox based browsers: #Floorp #ZenBrowser #FireDragonBrowser
Until recently, I used: #Waterfox #LibreWolf #MinBrowser
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I currently use #Firefox based browsers: #Floorp #ZenBrowser #FireDragonBrowser
Until recently, I used: #Waterfox #LibreWolf #MinBrowser
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I currently use #Firefox based browsers: #Floorp #ZenBrowser #FireDragonBrowser
Until recently, I used: #Waterfox #LibreWolf #MinBrowser
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I currently use #Firefox based browsers: #Floorp #ZenBrowser #FireDragonBrowser
Until recently, I used: #Waterfox #LibreWolf #MinBrowser
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I currently use #Firefox based browsers: #Floorp #ZenBrowser #FireDragonBrowser
Until recently, I used: #Waterfox #LibreWolf #MinBrowser
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Personally, I use #Waterfox and #ZenBrowser. But between the two you mentioned, I'd use #Librewolf since they don't include AI in their browser.
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Personally, I use #Waterfox and #ZenBrowser. But between the two you mentioned, I'd use #Librewolf since they don't include AI in their browser.
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Personally, I use #Waterfox and #ZenBrowser. But between the two you mentioned, I'd use #Librewolf since they don't include AI in their browser.
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Personally, I use #Waterfox and #ZenBrowser. But between the two you mentioned, I'd use #Librewolf since they don't include AI in their browser.
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Personally, I use #Waterfox and #ZenBrowser. But between the two you mentioned, I'd use #Librewolf since they don't include AI in their browser.
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(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-meetWaterfox 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-deduplicationGaim 3 Is In Development For Restoring The Original Gaim Instant Messaging App In GTK4:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gaim-3-In-DevelopmentJami “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
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Well, this is forking intolerable.
#Firefox is officially #enshittified.
It turned on the horrid "sponsored shortcuts" and "sponsored stories" without me asking.
Those stories are the last dadgum thing I ever want to see. I don't want more news about USFASH.
Smeg #Mozilla. I hope Google bumps them off the money-nipple and they crash and burn.
I'm going to try #WaterFox and #LibreWolf again.
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Okay, so after making a big post about how I was looking for a new #Linux foreverhome and I was gonna stop #DistroHopping on my laptop and wanted something...
Look. Long story short, I put #GnomeOS Nightly on my laptop because who cares about production-stable?
I will say my new Browser Home (at least currently) is #Waterfox because it fit in my threat model, has a slightly tweaked interface that I feel fits in better on a Gnome desktop, and overall just seemed the way to go.
Still trying to figure out what to so with my Gaming PC (currently running Bazzite). #PikaOS maybe? #DraugerOS? Something #Arch based?
I dunno, but you can rest assured that The Owlbear will absolutely bore you with the details!