What I like about Firefox: (1) Firefox sync makes it quick to get your bookmarks and add-ons imported in on a new OS installation. (2) Loads of add-ons available, due to the popularity of this browser.
Brave + Firefox. No one says you have to pick only one. - Firefox for social media and "big tech" sites, because it has tab containerization. - Brave because some sites just don't work well on firefox, youtube is a notorious example of this.
Thanks. I had not considered that UA-cam performing poorly (it does for me) might be due to using a given browser (Firefox which I am using right now).
Yup. I'm currently between several browsers. Brave, [e][/e]Firefox[e][/e][edit] LibreWolf [/edit], dillo, links, lynx, browsh, qutebrowser, konqueror, and half a dozen more.
I don't understand. You recommend checking out Edge, which is not Open Source, but you say you do not recommend anyone uses Vivaldi because it is not Open Source.
It doesn't work on all websites. I couldn't play Udemy videos even though I had drm enabled. And I wasn't alone, I found many LW users with the same issue on my unsuccessful quest for a solution. I had a few other minor issues as well that I can't remember now. I've long since moved on but I would give it another shot after it's had time to mature and polish things out.
Vivaldi has a straight forward privacy policy which should allay fears of using it. In part it states: "We do not share or sell information to any third party and we proactively protect all user data from disclosure, with the only exception being if requested by legitimate law agencies with a court order." In theory, they could revise this policy to something less user friendly, but doing so would alienate their user base. But I feel comfortable enough with the Vivaldi team that I use the browser as my daily driver on :Linux, Android, and Windows.
The part about only handing over user data to legitimate law agencies sounds good until you realise that is a very western pov. How much of humanity would you guess lives in countries with fair, equal and human right based law systems? No company should even collect data sensitive enough to get people killed over, sadly enough what websites you visit belongs into that group in many places. Data like that should only be stored encrypted if at all with only the user being able to unlock it which is technically trivial.
@@sebastianbauer4768 It could be that they consider only law enforcement agencies that respect human rights to be legitimate. And I agree with the notion that our privacy is being abused. The internet started with great promise, but has been largely seized by corporate greed.
I've been using Firefox for over 20 years, went from Mozilla to Phoenix, Firebird and finally Firefox. So to me the browser situation on Linux was never a problem. Always run it with at least Noscript and Cookie auto-delete extensions. These days also ublock origin.
used to for many years as well but in the last year or so, youtube became pretty much unuseable on firefox, i know its actually google making things worse but since watching youtube is like 80% of what I do in the browser, had to switch. Settled on ungoogled-chromium.
@@lussor1 Mozilla is, in spite of all its faults, the only company fighting for a 100% free as in freedom browser. Any settings they might have shipped can be disabled. And worst comes to worst it can be forked but considering how bad Mozilla already are at fixing bugs with a 350 million dollar grant from Google, I am skeptical to how well the open source community would manage.
Thanks for the excellent as always Jay!!, It is superb. I always cite your site for new people interested in starting in Linux. And it is also my goto for my continuing Linux evolution. Regards
Nice vid, other considerations: 1) If you're a high speed workflow junkie (i3 TWM, ROFI, Vim...) can you get a Vimium like extension and avoid the mouse 2) Which search engine do you need to implement, often you'll not want the default 3) Can you implement vertical tabs (like in Edge), it's a surprisingly cool feature
So…. Like he said, I have all of my work favorites saved in my 365 account. I have my personal favorites saved to my Microsoft account. Edge works great for me and allows me to use Linux more in my workflow. I understand the stigma, but it really isn’t a bad browser.
I love Edge for advanced features and syncing between Linux, Windows, and Android. However, it's a bit buggy on Linux. For example, if I open more than one window, it becomes laggy to the point even scrolling doesn't work well.
Dump edge for chromium, and also make sure you only ever visit any google related page on that browser and none other. Also use startpage as your search engine
"Dump edge for chromium..." yeah I forgot to mention that default firewall action for edge is to block ) I allow only those web sites that I really need to access with chromium based engine or because of compatibility issues. I don't need to separate GGL from non ggl. Neither FB/meta, nor any other big tech. All you need to do is get noscript like the one used in Mullvad and tune it a bit. Alternatively you can use uBO script features. You really have to separate the browsers if you are like Braxman level privacy enthusiast, which might be a bit too much for a normal privacy concerned citizen
it's hilarious to me that a site called privacy test is not allowing you to run an ad blocker even if you whitelist the site. and it runs quite a few google scripts
At the time of this comment, Brave is the best browser overall. (also the best in Chromium based browsers) Mullvad could be a close 2nd overall. (best Gecko/Firefox based browser excluding Tor ofc)
@@stefanbaumann7474 Because many of them don't go the whole path of disabling every Google part, also ublock has several technical limitations when used on Chromium-based browsers so less effective ad blocking, potential exposure to unwanted content, and slower
@@stefanbaumann7474 There actually is no "Chrome" base I think?! The Blink rendering engine is, what made Chrome popular and it is open source. It is used by many more projects (Edge, Opera, Chromium, Vivaldi etc.). You can get / build the Blink rendering engine without the Google specific parts and build a new browser from the ground up the way you like, which is nice. What creates "a browser" these days is: All the things around the actual rending engine, which means the GUI, the ads, the start page, the bookmark handling, any sync-features, the tab handling, options and preferences, the privacy features like VPN and anti-features like tracking etc..
@@LabelsAreMeaninglessNo They disable Google Safe Browsing by default. This is a flaw, not a feature. Linux systems often use PulseAudio as their audio server, PulseAudio was not designed with isolation in mind. D Updates take days to come and have to be manually downloaded
Vivaldi! Love the features without sacrificing speed, making the closed-source UI more than justified. Librewolf is pretty good too. Brave is meh. Not into Web3 crypto stuff. Might as well use Chromium + Unlock Origin for a minimalist browser.
Since I want a (desktop) web browser that's ONLY a web browser, I've stuck with Firefox. (Can't determine if Workspaces has the same functionality as Containers; Containers actually separate the web browsing amongst containers; looks like Workspaces is simply a tab grouping thing.) I have Librewolf testing as a secondary... I won't use a browser that doesn't allow things like uBlock Origin to run. Having "about:blank" able to be the default for new tabs and at startup is a must, too. NO non-browser junk in my new tabs.
I tried Vivaldi years ago and liked it, but since it couldn't sync among different platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, Android for me) at the time, I didn't use it as my main browser. After that capability was added, it has been my browser of choice.
As mentioned before, the browser should be able to run and sync plug-ins that I rely on like a password manager and especially duckduckgo privacy essentials which make my pihole almost workless 😉 At least Firefox does it as cross platform browser on the pc. Chrome for some things that do not work on ff.
FINALLY-- a comparision I can BELIEVE and count on the info being TRUE.... just to let you know you are one of the FEW TRUSTED sources of info on here.. for me anyway!!
You often mention a browser not being secure but then talk about more secure browsers lacking syncing and workspaces are a desirable feature, though they are diametrically opposed and completely counter to more "private" browsers because they dont have those "features". When Im talking to someone I usually ask if they want privacy so they cant be hacked an lose credit cards or other important data vs they dont want the govt (or just google, MS and apple) to know what they are doing because these are two different concepts. As if there is any security for a system which allows you to view UA-cam. Thanks for the vid.
Hello Vivaldi-Team! o) When will the Linux version of Vivaldi add the MOTW to downloaded files, just as the Windows version does? o) The MOTW is the so called "Mark of the Web". Basically this is URL and HTTP-Referrer of the actual resource being downloaded, attached to the finished downloaded file for later reference (and security notifications). On Windows, users already heavily rely on the download URL being available on each downloaded file. The "NTFS Alternate Data Streams" are used to attach the mentioned details to a downloaded file on Windows. On Linux there are "Extended Attributes" for files and folders, which could be used to store the same MOTW information (URL and HTTP-Referrer etc.). If Linux browsers would also support the MOTW, it would greatly increase versatility and security in general. Windows could inform users about potentially dangerous actions for any file downloaded on a Linux machine, which is moved to a Windows machine e.g. (which is quite common these days with VMs and WSL everywhere). Furthermore, the MOTW is very useful to automatically sort downloaded files by URL, it allows for better testing and integration all around. Thank you for your awesome browser, I have 2200 tabs open right now and it's still smooth sailing - just not that snappy anymore, but fine!.. o) Sorry for attacking you with a highly detailed feature request here on UA-cam, but I could not resist! o)
Unfortunately I had to switch away from you after I switched distros from Linux Mint to Nobara and it refused to download my synced data and then randomly nuked everything in the browser. Was great while it lasted
Zen Browser is my favorite, I have a few concerns about security as it's still a small project from what I can tell. But overall by far my favorite ss Firefox itself seems anti user experience.
Thank you. I'm currently researching Linux, as two of my three PCs that currently run Windows 10 are going to be switched to Linux, including my "daily driver". (The third is staying on Windows 10, offline.) All very useful info to know.
I was using Brave on my Zorin OS to get some detaching from Chrome but the sound went off somehow and couldn't fix it so I had to go back. I'll try Opera or Vivaldi (had good experiences with those on windows). Still, what I miss in other browsers other than GChrome is speech to text (directly from the mic) as a copywriter. Any thoughts o tools available out there? Thanks from the info and shout out from Tenerife (Canary Islands 🇮🇨 🏝🌞).
Been using the regular old Chromium package Linux Mint provides because I was having issues with UA-cam on Firefox and just wanted something I could install quickly and test with and honestly just kind of found myself using it as the default browser. Granted, the Ublock Origin Lite extension for it isn't nearly as robust as the complete version on Firefox but its been working the same so far.
@@iamsh4r106 what are those? I generally stick to chrome based simply for performance reasons (Firefox is extremely slow). I believe Thorium is supposed to be a faster Chrome
@@lolikpof oh my bad, I confused thorium for mercury, which is made by the same guy but is basically a faster firefox. I havent tried thorium out yet though. What do you think of it?
@@iamsh4r106 well, it is a tiny miniscule bit faster than chrome. But funnily, if you use something like Dark Reader (and I do), then it's usually the other way around. It doesn't auto update the way chrome does, and even if you keep it up to date, the version lags behind chrome (which may or may not be a security issue, idk). I've experienced some bugs that weren't present in chrome.. idk honestly, I have mixed feelings towards it. But I still use it)
LLTV can you please include a link to the website? So many viewers are mistyping it. They keep missing the S at the end. To be fair I missed it too until I did a doubletake.
Firefox does not have ersatz workspaces? Fine by me - my OS has actual workspaces Also: for how much longer will ad blockers work in any Chromium based browser?
Opera kept messing up my synced data. Vivaldi's extra features (mini apps like email and RSS reader) are just bloat because they're barely work and are missing so many essential features that they're pretty much useless. While firebox may be lacking features, it can gain nearly anything you want via extensions. Even so, I'm using Zen now which is built on FF and has all the features I miss from Opera without needing extensions.
For me now that I am a 100% Linux user, Brave will be my go to browser hands down, right after I have lock everything down. I do not want anything from Google or Microsoft ever again...
What I don't get/like is the "fanboys" of certain apps. Browsers have it, OS's have it. It's sad and it really shouldn't be a thing. Just use what you use, the company does not need you to defend it.
I agree. I use the Hitler browser by Nazi incorporated because it is lightweight and fast. The swastika theme doesn't bother me, all I care about is all of the great features.
Chromium has a system setting to leave background apps from websites running after you close the browser. This is turn on by default. You have to proactively turn it off. How is this not a deliberate accommodation to corporate spyware? Any browser based on it is therefore suspect.
Vivaldi, Zen, Opera, Floorp all seem to be good options. I don't care about open source...at all. Most of the best software out there is closed source.
Is workspace a big widely used feature ? Dont understand why it has been given so much importance here. Meanwhile, you have completely ignored Firefox's reading mode which is very helpful in many sites and Firefox's extensions eco system as well. I dont think it is that easy to apply extensions in Edge or chromium.
Vivaldi clearly among the best especially with the new v7 release. Used Brave a long time ago but it seemed like it was trying to shove crypto down my throat. And Opera randomly started displaying ads every once in a while on top of the web page. You can disable the ads but I don't want my browser to try to show me ads in the first place... I found Opera's sidebar better than Vivaldi but only so slightly better so a sacrifice I'm willing to make to not have ads.
So many good browsers, so many shonky companies. My only problem with Firefox is that occasionally when I'm watching UA-cam, my computer will freeze absolutely to BRS time. This only seems to happen with Firefox, on specific videos (which work with Chromium). Odd. I shall try the Gnome browser, whatever it may be called.
@@ChrysusTV your comment doesn't really make much sense.. Using multiple different browsers is definitely a part of Browser isolation and it also has an effect on privacy, even without using a VPN.
Opera has to be one of most bloated, resource intensive and privacy invasive browser of them all. It being owned by a chinese company also makes it questionable and could be a national security risk like TikTok
I looked at OperaGX about 2 years ago, and it was ok on Windows. They won't port OperaGX to LInux. I also read about a year ago that a Chinese company owns them and made me wonder like you.
Why does Vialdi want or need my email address to download their Browser? That was a deal breaker for me. But fear not I still have EIGHT other browser in my purse to use so It's all good
Floorp (a significantly better build of Firefox) isn't on PrivacyTests, lol What a shame, since it's one of the better browsers right now. Built with security and privacy first, without all the nagging commercial bs of Brave.
I'll stick with Firefox. Google and Microsoft have proven themselves untrustworthy time and time again. Yes, I have Chrome and Chromium both installed, I have to be able to check the websites I am working with. But they are for testing, not for normal browsing.
Including the Veronica Explains bit made me smile
I'm a zen user, a firefox based browser with so many features
Started using it a couple of weeks ago and i love it also.
with hardware decoder for hevc and av1, cool!
I'm a zen enjoyer
One thing i like about zen is mods you can get and make it your own just like linux.
Too many bugs in the zen browser. Not recommended at all.
What I like about Firefox: (1) Firefox sync makes it quick to get your bookmarks and add-ons imported in on a new OS installation. (2) Loads of add-ons available, due to the popularity of this browser.
It also syncs the beloved plug-ins and subscription status.
Or you could simply copy your .mozilla folder to the new installation.
Jay, why didn't you tell us which browser you use and why?
Brave + Firefox. No one says you have to pick only one.
- Firefox for social media and "big tech" sites, because it has tab containerization.
- Brave because some sites just don't work well on firefox, youtube is a notorious example of this.
EXACTLY-- I do this too... smart move!!!
Same here! I've found that some videos on UA-cam either play badly or don't play at all, at least they work OK on Brave...
Thanks. I had not considered that UA-cam performing poorly (it does for me) might be due to using a given browser (Firefox which I am using right now).
Yup. I'm currently between several browsers. Brave, [e][/e]Firefox[e][/e][edit] LibreWolf [/edit], dillo, links, lynx, browsh, qutebrowser, konqueror, and half a dozen more.
@@siljrath Ever Try MULLVAD? I'm looking at it now-- close to but looks better than TOR.
I don't understand. You recommend checking out Edge, which is not Open Source, but you say you do not recommend anyone uses Vivaldi because it is not Open Source.
yeah, that was odd.
Usually it means 💵💵
Librewolf all the way. On Linux or on Windows. Secure, firefox based, private by default, lightweight, works on all websites, and open source.
I do have frame drops on UA-cam with Librewolf. 😞
True, with Librewolf I have the Firefox web engine, all the addons, proper adblocking in UA-cam.
It doesn't work on all websites. I couldn't play Udemy videos even though I had drm enabled. And I wasn't alone, I found many LW users with the same issue on my unsuccessful quest for a solution. I had a few other minor issues as well that I can't remember now. I've long since moved on but I would give it another shot after it's had time to mature and polish things out.
@@sidon137I’ve faced this Udemy issue on Firefox itself. Looks like a site issue
@@rijojohn85 but I fixed it by moving to firefox lol. I've never had any issues with firefox ever
Have been using Firefox since 2006 and I am very happy with it.
The privacy test site said its content was blocked and that I should disable my ad blocker. I wonder if they try to use trackers as well
they run quite a few google scripts I checked.
privacytests not privacytest. privacytest is probably a scam site.
I got a same message, that means that we configured browsers well. " Please turn off your ad blocker."
@@cmdr.glenel9274 no it's actually quite the opposite. if you configured your browser correctly then you should not see a warning....
Vivaldi has a straight forward privacy policy which should allay fears of using it. In part it states: "We do not share or sell information to any third party and we proactively protect all user data from disclosure, with the only exception being if requested by legitimate law agencies with a court order."
In theory, they could revise this policy to something less user friendly, but doing so would alienate their user base. But I feel comfortable enough with the Vivaldi team that I use the browser as my daily driver on :Linux, Android, and Windows.
The part about only handing over user data to legitimate law agencies sounds good until you realise that is a very western pov. How much of humanity would you guess lives in countries with fair, equal and human right based law systems? No company should even collect data sensitive enough to get people killed over, sadly enough what websites you visit belongs into that group in many places. Data like that should only be stored encrypted if at all with only the user being able to unlock it which is technically trivial.
@@sebastianbauer4768 It could be that they consider only law enforcement agencies that respect human rights to be legitimate. And I agree with the notion that our privacy is being abused. The internet started with great promise, but has been largely seized by corporate greed.
My favourite browsers:
Brave and LibreWolf
Team Librewolf!
Me too
team #firefox !
Been my default browser for a few years now.
HellFire browser is fast AF
Even Firefox breaks some of the heavy graphics websites, and LibreWolf? No chance. Brave is the way, as it handles better graphics, based on chromium.
Brave and Vivaldi for Chromium, Librewolf just for the variety.
I've been using Firefox for over 20 years, went from Mozilla to Phoenix, Firebird and finally Firefox. So to me the browser situation on Linux was never a problem. Always run it with at least Noscript and Cookie auto-delete extensions. These days also ublock origin.
used to for many years as well but in the last year or so, youtube became pretty much unuseable on firefox, i know its actually google making things worse but since watching youtube is like 80% of what I do in the browser, had to switch. Settled on ungoogled-chromium.
Mozilla comes with privacy invasive bloat and option of heavy telemetry enabled by default
@@lussor1 Mozilla is, in spite of all its faults, the only company fighting for a 100% free as in freedom browser. Any settings they might have shipped can be disabled. And worst comes to worst it can be forked but considering how bad Mozilla already are at fixing bugs with a 350 million dollar grant from Google, I am skeptical to how well the open source community would manage.
I'm using brave and librewolf
Me too.
Thanks for the excellent as always Jay!!, It is superb. I always cite your site for new people interested in starting in Linux. And it is also my goto for my continuing Linux evolution. Regards
I tend to simply use Firefox for everything and I have had no issues so far.
Nice vid, other considerations: 1) If you're a high speed workflow junkie (i3 TWM, ROFI, Vim...) can you get a Vimium like extension and avoid the mouse 2) Which search engine do you need to implement, often you'll not want the default 3) Can you implement vertical tabs (like in Edge), it's a surprisingly cool feature
Edge for linux: not even once.
So…. Like he said, I have all of my work favorites saved in my 365 account. I have my personal favorites saved to my Microsoft account.
Edge works great for me and allows me to use Linux more in my workflow. I understand the stigma, but it really isn’t a bad browser.
@@BillyParsons1991 honestly has the best pdf reader i've seen in a browser
@@iamsh4r106only good thing
@@iamsh4r106 isn't it Chromium's?
@@epixerty no its not, its microsofts own I think, cause the one I have on ungoogled chromium is no where near as good
Edge, Firefox and Mullvad is what I use. Variety of features, or privacy and security, whatever is more important for any task
I love this combo, I wonder how many people use Edge and Mullvad on the same device, with how different the target audience is? Can't be many
I love Edge for advanced features and syncing between Linux, Windows, and Android. However, it's a bit buggy on Linux. For example, if I open more than one window, it becomes laggy to the point even scrolling doesn't work well.
Dump edge for chromium, and also make sure you only ever visit any google related page on that browser and none other. Also use startpage as your search engine
"Dump edge for chromium..."
yeah I forgot to mention that default firewall action for edge is to block ) I allow only those web sites that I really need to access with chromium based engine or because of compatibility issues.
I don't need to separate GGL from non ggl. Neither FB/meta, nor any other big tech. All you need to do is get noscript like the one used in Mullvad and tune it a bit. Alternatively you can use uBO script features.
You really have to separate the browsers if you are like Braxman level privacy enthusiast, which might be a bit too much for a normal privacy concerned citizen
it's hilarious to me that a site called privacy test is not allowing you to run an ad blocker even if you whitelist the site. and it runs quite a few google scripts
I've been happy with Librewolf
At the time of this comment, Brave is the best browser overall. (also the best in Chromium based browsers)
Mullvad could be a close 2nd overall. (best Gecko/Firefox based browser excluding Tor ofc)
Librewolf. Firefox based, lighter, more locked down by default. Works for everything. Chrome based means no-go
@@LabelsAreMeaninglesswhy chrome based no go?
@@stefanbaumann7474 Because many of them don't go the whole path of disabling every Google part, also ublock has several technical limitations when used on Chromium-based browsers so less effective ad blocking, potential exposure to unwanted content, and slower
@@stefanbaumann7474 There actually is no "Chrome" base I think?! The Blink rendering engine is, what made Chrome popular and it is open source. It is used by many more projects (Edge, Opera, Chromium, Vivaldi etc.). You can get / build the Blink rendering engine without the Google specific parts and build a new browser from the ground up the way you like, which is nice. What creates "a browser" these days is: All the things around the actual rending engine, which means the GUI, the ads, the start page, the bookmark handling, any sync-features, the tab handling, options and preferences, the privacy features like VPN and anti-features like tracking etc..
@@LabelsAreMeaninglessNo
They disable Google Safe Browsing by default.
This is a flaw, not a feature.
Linux systems often use PulseAudio as their audio server, PulseAudio was not designed with isolation in mind.
D
Updates take days to come and have to be manually downloaded
Vivaldi! Love the features without sacrificing speed, making the closed-source UI more than justified. Librewolf is pretty good too. Brave is meh. Not into Web3 crypto stuff. Might as well use Chromium + Unlock Origin for a minimalist browser.
Closed source UI justified?
@@neutral_positron the source is available, but they don't license it. Probably the reason why it's a good product by a stable company.
how do you know its just the UI that's closed source?
"Not into Web3 crypto stuff"
Just disable.
Nobody cares about web 3 features on brave, they came disabled by default and you wont see them
Since I want a (desktop) web browser that's ONLY a web browser, I've stuck with Firefox. (Can't determine if Workspaces has the same functionality as Containers; Containers actually separate the web browsing amongst containers; looks like Workspaces is simply a tab grouping thing.) I have Librewolf testing as a secondary...
I won't use a browser that doesn't allow things like uBlock Origin to run. Having "about:blank" able to be the default for new tabs and at startup is a must, too. NO non-browser junk in my new tabs.
Containers are just needed to have multiple accounts of the same web in the same profile
I tried Vivaldi years ago and liked it, but since it couldn't sync among different platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, Android for me) at the time, I didn't use it as my main browser. After that capability was added, it has been my browser of choice.
As mentioned before, the browser should be able to run and sync plug-ins that I rely on like a password manager and especially duckduckgo privacy essentials which make my pihole almost workless 😉 At least Firefox does it as cross platform browser on the pc. Chrome for some things that do not work on ff.
Zen is my favourite browser at the moment
Im just recently trying Zen, which is a variant of Firefox
FINALLY-- a comparision I can BELIEVE and count on the info being TRUE.... just to let you know you are one of the FEW TRUSTED sources of info on here.. for me anyway!!
You often mention a browser not being secure but then talk about more secure browsers lacking syncing and workspaces are a desirable feature, though they are diametrically opposed and completely counter to more "private" browsers because they dont have those "features".
When Im talking to someone I usually ask if they want privacy so they cant be hacked an lose credit cards or other important data vs they dont want the govt (or just google, MS and apple) to know what they are doing because these are two different concepts.
As if there is any security for a system which allows you to view UA-cam.
Thanks for the vid.
Thanks for checking us out! 😊 We just launched a big update that is worth having a look at too. 👀
Hello Vivaldi-Team! o)
When will the Linux version of Vivaldi add the MOTW to downloaded files, just as the Windows version does? o) The MOTW is the so called "Mark of the Web". Basically this is URL and HTTP-Referrer of the actual resource being downloaded, attached to the finished downloaded file for later reference (and security notifications). On Windows, users already heavily rely on the download URL being available on each downloaded file. The "NTFS Alternate Data Streams" are used to attach the mentioned details to a downloaded file on Windows. On Linux there are "Extended Attributes" for files and folders, which could be used to store the same MOTW information (URL and HTTP-Referrer etc.).
If Linux browsers would also support the MOTW, it would greatly increase versatility and security in general. Windows could inform users about potentially dangerous actions for any file downloaded on a Linux machine, which is moved to a Windows machine e.g. (which is quite common these days with VMs and WSL everywhere). Furthermore, the MOTW is very useful to automatically sort downloaded files by URL, it allows for better testing and integration all around.
Thank you for your awesome browser, I have 2200 tabs open right now and it's still smooth sailing - just not that snappy anymore, but fine!.. o)
Sorry for attacking you with a highly detailed feature request here on UA-cam, but I could not resist! o)
Did you open source the UI like the UA-cam guy asked?
Unfortunately I had to switch away from you after I switched distros from Linux Mint to Nobara and it refused to download my synced data and then randomly nuked everything in the browser. Was great while it lasted
Just uninstalled Vivaldi on Arch for Librewolf as it no longer has complete ad blocking.
Greetings. Thank you so much for this important review. Using LibreWolf in my old netbook and it works very good with Debian 12+ LXDE desktop.
Zen Browser is my favorite, I have a few concerns about security as it's still a small project from what I can tell.
But overall by far my favorite ss Firefox itself seems anti user experience.
Thank you. I'm currently researching Linux, as two of my three PCs that currently run Windows 10 are going to be switched to Linux, including my "daily driver". (The third is staying on Windows 10, offline.) All very useful info to know.
I was using Brave on my Zorin OS to get some detaching from Chrome but the sound went off somehow and couldn't fix it so I had to go back. I'll try Opera or Vivaldi (had good experiences with those on windows). Still, what I miss in other browsers other than GChrome is speech to text (directly from the mic) as a copywriter. Any thoughts o tools available out there? Thanks from the info and shout out from Tenerife (Canary Islands 🇮🇨 🏝🌞).
I run Brave on all of my Raspberry Pi desktops along with other Browsers... you sure about what you have in this video?
as a native package or flatpak?
@@iamsh4r106 native package.
Vivaldi Browser and Firefox
Been using the regular old Chromium package Linux Mint provides because I was having issues with UA-cam on Firefox and just wanted something I could install quickly and test with and honestly just kind of found myself using it as the default browser. Granted, the Ublock Origin Lite extension for it isn't nearly as robust as the complete version on Firefox but its been working the same so far.
my personal favorites are brave and vivaldi, love them both but I'm currently using vivaldi because it has more features and its far more customizable
What about Thorium?
pretty good, but has the same problems as firefox.
@@iamsh4r106 what are those? I generally stick to chrome based simply for performance reasons (Firefox is extremely slow). I believe Thorium is supposed to be a faster Chrome
@@lolikpof oh my bad, I confused thorium for mercury, which is made by the same guy but is basically a faster firefox. I havent tried thorium out yet though. What do you think of it?
@@iamsh4r106 well, it is a tiny miniscule bit faster than chrome. But funnily, if you use something like Dark Reader (and I do), then it's usually the other way around. It doesn't auto update the way chrome does, and even if you keep it up to date, the version lags behind chrome (which may or may not be a security issue, idk). I've experienced some bugs that weren't present in chrome.. idk honestly, I have mixed feelings towards it. But I still use it)
Great video my friend, for me Librewolf, thank you.
LLTV can you please include a link to the website? So many viewers are mistyping it. They keep missing the S at the end. To be fair I missed it too until I did a doubletake.
Firefox does not have ersatz workspaces?
Fine by me - my OS has actual workspaces
Also: for how much longer will ad blockers work in any Chromium based browser?
I use firefox with manually enabled hardware decoding for hevc and av1
Which COMPANY from what COUNTRY Owns Opera?
What do you think of the Thorium browser?
I know which one i'll choose. I will choose Zen browser. Later on i can either replace Zen or use it in conjunction with ladybird browser.
You fuckin' nailed it, again. Incredible video..
Opera kept messing up my synced data. Vivaldi's extra features (mini apps like email and RSS reader) are just bloat because they're barely work and are missing so many essential features that they're pretty much useless.
While firebox may be lacking features, it can gain nearly anything you want via extensions. Even so, I'm using Zen now which is built on FF and has all the features I miss from Opera without needing extensions.
Oh he forget 1 browser, Lynx Web Browser, I thought he might like it since he likes the terminal so much.
For me now that I am a 100% Linux user, Brave will be my go to browser hands down, right after I have lock everything down. I do not want anything from Google or Microsoft ever again...
Edge has in-built VPN?
I like Brave.
Bloated and telemetry. Also based on Chrome. Try Librewolf
Thanks for the video but sometimes you don't say if it's fully open-source or not. Like for Gnome Web and Brave
I prefer the enemy which I know over the enemy which I don't know, hence using Firefox.
Why Firefox forks were not mentioned? Librewolf, Florp, Zen...
Ive seen librewolf mentioned a few times here in the comments! i also used Floorp in the past, i enjoyed it a lot. using FireFox now.
Gnome-web's name is actually called epiphany.
What I don't get/like is the "fanboys" of certain apps. Browsers have it, OS's have it. It's sad and it really shouldn't be a thing. Just use what you use, the company does not need you to defend it.
I agree. I use the Hitler browser by Nazi incorporated because it is lightweight and fast. The swastika theme doesn't bother me, all I care about is all of the great features.
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@@tom-hy1kn 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
FireDragon is pretty cool.
For Opera, I just wish they had Opera GX available for Linux.
Using Floorp currently.
Tab Groups are coming to Firefox soon.
I would love to have a dedicated safari browser again
i use firefox on linux, windows (school) and on my mobiles !
Opera Chinese company 😢
Chromium has a system setting to leave background apps from websites running after you close the browser. This is turn on by default. You have to proactively turn it off.
How is this not a deliberate accommodation to corporate spyware?
Any browser based on it is therefore suspect.
What about Mullvad?
Recommending anything chromium based is just twisting the knife in the heart of the free internet.
Sometimes I forget that the features on Floorp weren't native to FireFox
Vivaldi, Zen, Opera, Floorp all seem to be good options. I don't care about open source...at all. Most of the best software out there is closed source.
Why is the rum gone and the Librewolf missing?
what about konqueror?
Thank You...
No Midori?
I'm surprised more people don't build on top of Firefox
No one talking about my boy FireDragon?
Old story. Opinions abound. The best browser is the one that you use regularly.
Nothing about addon/plugin systems?
Is workspace a big widely used feature ? Dont understand why it has been given so much importance here.
Meanwhile, you have completely ignored Firefox's reading mode which is very helpful in many sites and Firefox's extensions eco system as well. I dont think it is that easy to apply extensions in Edge or chromium.
Ram ram jay bhai
Vivaldi clearly among the best especially with the new v7 release. Used Brave a long time ago but it seemed like it was trying to shove crypto down my throat. And Opera randomly started displaying ads every once in a while on top of the web page. You can disable the ads but I don't want my browser to try to show me ads in the first place... I found Opera's sidebar better than Vivaldi but only so slightly better so a sacrifice I'm willing to make to not have ads.
Funny comment about Brave and crypto 😂
You can turn off wallet and other things.
So many good browsers, so many shonky companies.
My only problem with Firefox is that occasionally when I'm watching UA-cam, my computer will freeze absolutely to BRS time. This only seems to happen with Firefox, on specific videos (which work with Chromium). Odd. I shall try the Gnome browser, whatever it may be called.
Brave FTW
Firefox, ungoogled-Chromium and Edge for me
But why bother using ungoogled chromium if your fine with edge? Is Microsoft harvesting your personality for money better than Google doing it?
@@Cam-z3r8z I use edge for continuity with my gaming laptop, mostly it's firefox and chromium
privacytest content blocked because I'm using an adblocker.... Won't revisit the site... Why would you recommend a site like this?
It's privacytests not privacytest.
@@16BitDungeon Thank you. For a moment there I thought it was some kind of joke.
Chrome and related browsers no longer allow uBlock Origin or similar extensions. That makes the entire category browser non grata.
libreWolf ! 😊
Always use multiple browsers - Browser isolation ❤
This isn't browser isolation, and using multiple browsers does absolutely nothing if you're trying to imply it would improve your PII security.
@@ChrysusTV your comment doesn't really make much sense.. Using multiple different browsers is definitely a part of Browser isolation and it also has an effect on privacy, even without using a VPN.
certainly. Multi-account container is also helpful
Opera has to be one of most bloated, resource intensive and privacy invasive browser of them all. It being owned by a chinese company also makes it questionable and could be a national security risk like TikTok
I looked at OperaGX about 2 years ago, and it was ok on Windows. They won't port OperaGX to LInux. I also read about a year ago that a Chinese company owns them and made me wonder like you.
Brave + firefox
Vialdi is amazing. I'm back on Firefox. I still love the customization.
Why does Vialdi want or need my email address to download their Browser?
That was a deal breaker for me. But fear not
I still have EIGHT other browser in my purse to use so
It's all good
Wir haben doch gar keine echte Wahl mehr. LibreWolf und als Backup Brave.
Brave ❤️
Veronica!!
Never use default Mozilla Firefox, its bloated with privacy invasive options enabled by default
Always Brave
No clue what workspaces are.
Floorp (a significantly better build of Firefox) isn't on PrivacyTests, lol
What a shame, since it's one of the better browsers right now. Built with security and privacy first, without all the nagging commercial bs of Brave.
firefox ESR
I'll stick with Firefox. Google and Microsoft have proven themselves untrustworthy time and time again. Yes, I have Chrome and Chromium both installed, I have to be able to check the websites I am working with. But they are for testing, not for normal browsing.
Too much thinking no good 😀 Firefox + Planet VPN or Opera ( free VPN included )