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#waterfox — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. @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.

  2. @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.

  3. @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.

  4. @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.

  5. @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.

  6. @ElVader

    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.

  7. @ElVader

    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.

  8. @ElVader

    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.

  9. @ElVader

    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.

  10. @ElVader

    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.

  11. (Linux news in previous posts)

    FOSS NEWS

    MidnightBSD 4.0.4 Released With Aged & Agectl For Age Verification/Attestation:
    phoronix.com/news/MidnightBSD-
    (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:
    forums.ghostbsd.org/d/793-free
    (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:
    proton.me/business/blog/introd

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

    Floorp introduces Zen Mode and enhanced Split View with 4 panes:
    alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/

    OBS Studio 32.1.1 Is Out to Improve the Audio Mixer and Audio Deduplication:
    9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-1-

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

    Jami “Euclid” brings revamped UI, improved accessibility, better RTL support, and more:
    alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/

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

    ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games:
    gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/scum

    OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3:
    gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/open

    Chiaki-ng the open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets better streaming quality and stability:
    gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/chia

    Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port:
    gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/here

    (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

  12. 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.

    #enshittification #e14n

  13. 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!