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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

ARC not OSS and VC funded, NO.
Waterfox, FOSS
Librewolf, FOSS
Zen, FOSS but is just a skin??
Ladybird, FOSS
Orion?
Arctic Fox
Mullvad

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Zen is good. Arc is decent if you must have a chromium browser for some reason, but not OSS

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IMO, if I'm going to jump from Chrome it might as well be for libre/OSS. No reason to just from proprietary to proprietary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

I agree, though there are plenty of situations where you must have a chromium based browser. If it must be a daily driver, Arc is probably better than ungoogled-chromium.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Isn't Zen just a skin of firefox, so the same issues? And Arc is VC funded...