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win+x, open Terminal winget install mozilla.firefox Then you don't even have to open Edge! I usually just do that step with chocolatey as part of an ansible

win+x, open Terminal winget install mozilla.firefox Then you don't even have to open Edge! I usually just do that step with chocolatey as part of an ansible playbook, but winget works even better.

jwells89 3y ago
winget is the best thing to happen to Windows in years, especially now that it's not a separate download.
- galangalalgol 3y ago
  How many realistic options are there for a browser if I don't use it for stuff that has an app? Servo seemed to work fine the few places I went, but the UI isn't there yet. Lynx either has some tricks I neglected to read about, or is unusable even on stuff that works fine in reader mode as a plain document. Firefox and chrome have some spinoffs that may get rid of telemetry, maybe that is a decent option, but I'd worry about bug fixes. Thoughts anyone?
  - justinclift 3y ago
    LibreWolf (https://librewolf.net https://librewolf.net) seems ok so far (couple of months), and tracks the Firefox release schedule pretty well.
    - deadfece 3y ago
      also available in winget! winget install LibreWolf.LibreWolf
  - offmycloud 3y ago
    I just use Firefox and maintain a single policies.json [1] to disable features I don't like (Pocket, telemetry, etc) across all of the computers that I use. Mozilla has pretty good documentation [2] available, mostly aimed at Enterprise admins, but it works for me. 1. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-usi... 2. https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/ https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/
corbezzoli 3y ago
Wait till they see this loophole. You’ll get the same questioning.
- darknavi 3y ago
  Hopefully the winget team are heavily silo'd from the edge team.
ortusdux 3y ago
Also ninite.com - you do have to open Edge, but you get a custom installer for a whole host of programs and it won't get flagged by Edge as a competing browser download.
CTOSian 3y ago
don't forget to run an edge remover as well (some of them on github)

win+x, open Terminal winget install mozilla.firefox Then you don't even have to open Edge! I usually just do that step with chocolatey as part of an ansible playbook, but winget works even better.

jwells89 3y ago

winget is the best thing to happen to Windows in years, especially now that it's not a separate download.

galangalalgol 3y ago
How many realistic options are there for a browser if I don't use it for stuff that has an app? Servo seemed to work fine the few places I went, but the UI isn't there yet. Lynx either has some tricks I neglected to read about, or is unusable even on stuff that works fine in reader mode as a plain document. Firefox and chrome have some spinoffs that may get rid of telemetry, maybe that is a decent option, but I'd worry about bug fixes. Thoughts anyone?
- justinclift 3y ago
  LibreWolf (https://librewolf.net https://librewolf.net) seems ok so far (couple of months), and tracks the Firefox release schedule pretty well.
  - deadfece 3y ago
    also available in winget! winget install LibreWolf.LibreWolf
- offmycloud 3y ago
  I just use Firefox and maintain a single policies.json [1] to disable features I don't like (Pocket, telemetry, etc) across all of the computers that I use. Mozilla has pretty good documentation [2] available, mostly aimed at Enterprise admins, but it works for me. 1. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-usi... 2. https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/ https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

corbezzoli 3y ago

Wait till they see this loophole. You’ll get the same questioning.

darknavi 3y ago
Hopefully the winget team are heavily silo'd from the edge team.

ortusdux 3y ago

Also ninite.com - you do have to open Edge, but you get a custom installer for a whole host of programs and it won't get flagged by Edge as a competing browser download.

CTOSian 3y ago

don't forget to run an edge remover as well (some of them on github)