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Does Linux force you to use Firefox? Every distro I know has it by default. Yet the first thing I do on a new install is install Chrome... And of course ever
by Mikeb85 4y ago
Does Linux force you to use Firefox? Every distro I know has it by default. Yet the first thing I do on a new install is install Chrome...
And of course everyone does the same on Windows. Only Edge has started to slightly change that trend, and that's with some very aggressive tactics by MS.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoI'm not nagged about my browser choice on Linux. Other browsers are found easily on the package manager.
- smoldesu 4y agoI hate to be pedantic, but Linux doesn't 'force' you to do anything. By default, it doesn't even have the dependencies required to render HTML. Linux is just a kernel, and various maintainers package it into software distributions. The main problem with including Chrome/Chromium/Ungoogled Chromium is the license. Mozilla's MPL is straightforward and compatible with most FOSS licenses. As I understand it, Chromium's codebase is still a melange of different licenses (and some proprietary code) that is generally unfit for packaging with other free software. Most repositories will still have it on-hand though, since it would be pretty silly to prevent you from using the browser you want. If you'd rather avoid Firefox altogether, run archinstall and add chromium to your extra packages field. Many build-it-yourself distros like NixOS exclude browsers altogether.