I just started using Firefox Nightly and I’m really liking it. Daily updates, more customization, access to new features (2 full versions ahead of vanilla Firefox).
It feels faster to me but I audited it and it’s actually ever so slightly slower than regular Firefox.
Only two drawbacks – 1) you have to manually give some extensions needed permissions and 2) it makes your browser easier to fingerprint because fewer people use Firefox Nightly.
But it’s still a great browser.
Thank you for this
this is awesome, thank you
ok, so i’m not arguing with you because i also don’t like snaps. i’m just asking if you have proof so that i can use that info to make a more convincing argument about why snaps suck
google fanboys be like ooh but that new pixel tho
i agree with you that canonical is all to happy to deliver firefox as a snap, but what evidence do you have? money changing hands is definitely a possibility, but snaps do have advantages over debs.
i also don’t like snaps but mozilla said that the official version of firefox on ubuntu is the snap version, so that’s why canonical pushes it on people
even tho ken thompson was involved in it’s development, it’s still a google product and i hate google. and if you don’t like that, then continue to feed their monopoly on the front-end of the internet…whatever bro
thank you for saying this
i use gdu. it’s written in go which sucks but it’s faster and looks nicer
i am so happy that this didn’t get downvoted to oblivion. thanks!
why not use rhino linux instead? ubuntu but rolling release
Well, they say Nix is the new Arch, so there’s that. Redcore is Gentoo but without the compiling – you might like that. Void is out because it’s too similar to Arch and has no Systemd.
Instead of experimenting with distros maybe instead you could hop on a reliable distro and explore some other facet of Linux. For example, I lived in Emacs for 9 months as a challenge. Or you could mess around with a WMs instead, maybe try to work your way from i3 to Qtile to Xmonad?
Oh, that’s a good work-around. Thank you.
This is awesome. Thanks so much.
Thank you. I think the issue here is most people (unlike you) have no clue what I’m talking about, which explains the immaturity in the comments section.
Wow thank you for this thorough explanation.
Yeah Remind is awesome. I just use the built-in calendar though (never heard of Wyrd, but I am curious to check it out, thanks).
The number of downvotes is bullshit, so you get an upvote from me. People tend to exhibit tribalism when it comes to browsers and distros; don’t ask me why.
I am a Firefox fanboy and long-time user, and I agree with OP that shit like Google and Amazon needs to not be in Firefox. But alas, these kinds of partnerships (esp with Google) are Mozilla’s primary source of funding, so I take it as a necessary evil.
Every browser and company that makes the browser is guilty of some horse fuckery (with Brave for example, their BAT shit). You have to just adjust the browser settings to your liking and get on with life, not dwelling on its flaws.
So just configure Firefox, make sure to install uBlock, read the Arkenfox GitHub page and harden Firefox accordingly, and enjoy using a pretty awesome browser. Do not use a fork (eg Librewolf) because they lag behind Firefox for security updates, with the exception of Mullvad, which is ok to use.
Happy browsing and welcome to the Firefox community!
Sincerely, A Sane User
No, it’s pretty awesome. I guess you could get it to break by enabling some experimental features, but the normal ones are solid.