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What browser are you going to use instead?

rnhmjoj 9y ago
If you like Firefox but don't trust Mozilla anymore there are plenty of forks to choose from: Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk, GNU IceCat. Personally I build Firefox from source and maintain a set of patches largely based on these: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-esr-privacy/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-esr-privacy/
- Grollicus 9y ago
  I think about doing this as well but heard a lot of bad things about the firefox build process. How long does it take to build for you?
  - rnhmjoj 9y ago
    They are probably true. Using an i5 @4.3GHz it takes 2.5/3 hours to build. To test changes you must set up a compiler cache or it's going to take forever.
    - notanote 9y ago
      That seems a little slow. I compile nightly for my own use and it takes around 20 minutes on a haswell i5, using tmpfs for the build directory.
      - rnhmjoj 9y ago
        20 minutes sound like a dream, I don't know why it's so slow for me. Maybe because I'm using Nix to build it and the source is on an SSD. I can't use tmpfs because it doesn't fit in memory without adding swap.
hjek 9y ago
Links2. http://links.twibright.com http://links.twibright.com No, it doesn't show PDFs or videos, but does that belong in the browser anyway?
- thanatropism 9y ago
  I wonder if Links2 or lynx can be ported as Chrome add-ons.
  - hjek 9y ago
    Yup, https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bjekedpipaedojkbialnhabcecmfpofh https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bjekedpipaedojkb...
pweissbrod 9y ago
Firefox 57's sweeping changes ruined most of my vim-like ui customizations (vimperator, vimfx). For 2 months I've switched to qutebrowser and palemoon as a backup and dont miss firefox at all. If you're looking for a browser with first-class vim compatibility qutebrowser is outstanding. I've also found palemoon to be a perfectly boring/stable/functional variant of firefox without all the drastic/breaking changes (vim plugins work quite well also)
- bigbugbag 9y ago
  If you were a vimperator aficionado you might want to have a look at uzbl. Pale moon is not as good as waterfox, at least for me.

If you like Firefox but don't trust Mozilla anymore there are plenty of forks to choose from: Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk, GNU IceCat. Personally I build Firefox from source and maintain a set of patches largely based on these: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-esr-privacy/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-esr-privacy/

Grollicus 9y ago
I think about doing this as well but heard a lot of bad things about the firefox build process. How long does it take to build for you?
- rnhmjoj 9y ago
  They are probably true. Using an i5 @4.3GHz it takes 2.5/3 hours to build. To test changes you must set up a compiler cache or it's going to take forever.
  - notanote 9y ago
    That seems a little slow. I compile nightly for my own use and it takes around 20 minutes on a haswell i5, using tmpfs for the build directory.
    - rnhmjoj 9y ago
      20 minutes sound like a dream, I don't know why it's so slow for me. Maybe because I'm using Nix to build it and the source is on an SSD. I can't use tmpfs because it doesn't fit in memory without adding swap.

hjek 9y ago

Links2. http://links.twibright.com http://links.twibright.com No, it doesn't show PDFs or videos, but does that belong in the browser anyway?

thanatropism 9y ago
I wonder if Links2 or lynx can be ported as Chrome add-ons.
- hjek 9y ago
  Yup, https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bjekedpipaedojkbialnhabcecmfpofh https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bjekedpipaedojkb...

pweissbrod 9y ago

Firefox 57's sweeping changes ruined most of my vim-like ui customizations (vimperator, vimfx). For 2 months I've switched to qutebrowser and palemoon as a backup and dont miss firefox at all. If you're looking for a browser with first-class vim compatibility qutebrowser is outstanding. I've also found palemoon to be a perfectly boring/stable/functional variant of firefox without all the drastic/breaking changes (vim plugins work quite well also)

bigbugbag 9y ago
If you were a vimperator aficionado you might want to have a look at uzbl. Pale moon is not as good as waterfox, at least for me.