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> All major Linux distributions ship Firefox as the preferred default browser Which is why anyone truly privacy conscious would use a distro or OS that isn't m
by morganvachon 6y ago
> All major Linux distributions ship Firefox as the preferred default browser
Which is why anyone truly privacy conscious would use a distro or OS that isn't mainstream. My personal preferences for obscure OSes are Void Linux and OpenBSD. Void has a barebones installer image without any desktop software, you can build that up into whatever you want with whichever browser you prefer. A good simple setup would be something like i3 or dwm with the Surf browser.
With OpenBSD you do get a basic desktop window manager, but no browser is installed by default and the authors of that project are extremely privacy aware and security focused.
> If you really want privacy, don't use a computer.
I would amend that to "...don't use the Internet". A computer without a network connection isn't giving away your secrets, but even the most locked-down device can still leak data as soon as it's on a network, especially the Internet. Your ISP is fingerprinting you right now and there's not a damn thing you can do about that.
- _emacsomancer_ 6y agoI think choosing a community-run distro rather than corporate-run one is probably more key than being 'mainstream' or not. (Though Void Linux is my distro of preference as well.)