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Are there any similar projects in the Chromium world?

by RyanShook 7y ago

ronilan 7y ago
ChromiumWater might be trademarked by PG&E.
- kennywinker 7y ago
  Firefox - Waterfox Chrome - Matte
paxys 7y ago
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
- keyle 7y ago
  Not sure why you got downvoted, this project answers the question exactly. People downvote nowadays withtout giving any information as to why the post is bad. When it's sarcasm, I get it, but when it's an actual answer...
alexhawke 7y ago
There's Brave https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser https://github.com/brave/brave-browser
frogpelt 7y ago
https://vivaldi.com/# https://vivaldi.com/#
imiric 7y ago
There's an extensive list here[0]. There's even more if you include WebKit-based browsers[1]. Out of those I would strongly recommend surf[2], which is not discontinued despite what Wikipedia says (latest upstream commit was a few months ago[3], but there are many active forks as well). Shameless plug, but I've used my own fork[4] as main web browser for the past few months, and despite the amount of hacks and limitations, it fits my workflow on Linux quite well. It does involve some external tooling and configuration, and I still keep Firefox and Chromium around for tricky sites, but it's provided a great user experience more often than not. The key benefit of surf is its simplicity, which we should all strive for as programmers and consumers of technology. The entire browser is under 3KLOC of very readable and well-documented C code. Granted, it relies heavily on WebKitGTK, but it avoids all the mess and complexity of modern browsers, extensions and security concerns simply because of its minimalism. I would encourage anyone willing to make certain compromises to give it a try and contribute so we can make it easier to use and approachable for a larger and non-technical user base. As web browsers have become the main gateway to the Internet for a vast majority of people, we should actively work towards preventing abuses of user freedoms via aggressive advertising, fueled by corporate greed. We need to take the web back, and simplicity is key. My goal would be to eventually strip out WebKit entirely, but that's a gargantuan task with no clear way forward, unfortunately. As mentioned in today's Google/ad-blocking thread, we need new and alternative browser engines, outside of the sphere of influence of large corporations. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#Blink-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#Blink-bas... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#WebKit-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#WebKit-ba... [2]: https://surf.suckless.org/ https://surf.suckless.org/ [3]: https://git.suckless.org/surf/ https://git.suckless.org/surf/ [4]: https://github.com/imiric/surf https://github.com/imiric/surf

Are there any similar projects in the Chromium world?

ronilan 7y ago

ChromiumWater might be trademarked by PG&E.

kennywinker 7y ago
Firefox - Waterfox Chrome - Matte

paxys 7y ago

https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

keyle 7y ago
Not sure why you got downvoted, this project answers the question exactly. People downvote nowadays withtout giving any information as to why the post is bad. When it's sarcasm, I get it, but when it's an actual answer...

alexhawke 7y ago

There's Brave https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser https://github.com/brave/brave-browser

frogpelt 7y ago

https://vivaldi.com/# https://vivaldi.com/#

imiric 7y ago

There's an extensive list here[0]. There's even more if you include WebKit-based browsers[1]. Out of those I would strongly recommend surf[2], which is not discontinued despite what Wikipedia says (latest upstream commit was a few months ago[3], but there are many active forks as well). Shameless plug, but I've used my own fork[4] as main web browser for the past few months, and despite the amount of hacks and limitations, it fits my workflow on Linux quite well. It does involve some external tooling and configuration, and I still keep Firefox and Chromium around for tricky sites, but it's provided a great user experience more often than not. The key benefit of surf is its simplicity, which we should all strive for as programmers and consumers of technology. The entire browser is under 3KLOC of very readable and well-documented C code. Granted, it relies heavily on WebKitGTK, but it avoids all the mess and complexity of modern browsers, extensions and security concerns simply because of its minimalism. I would encourage anyone willing to make certain compromises to give it a try and contribute so we can make it easier to use and approachable for a larger and non-technical user base. As web browsers have become the main gateway to the Internet for a vast majority of people, we should actively work towards preventing abuses of user freedoms via aggressive advertising, fueled by corporate greed. We need to take the web back, and simplicity is key. My goal would be to eventually strip out WebKit entirely, but that's a gargantuan task with no clear way forward, unfortunately. As mentioned in today's Google/ad-blocking thread, we need new and alternative browser engines, outside of the sphere of influence of large corporations. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#Blink-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#Blink-bas... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#WebKit-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#WebKit-ba... [2]: https://surf.suckless.org/ https://surf.suckless.org/ [3]: https://git.suckless.org/surf/ https://git.suckless.org/surf/ [4]: https://github.com/imiric/surf https://github.com/imiric/surf