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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Zen as main driver because of its features that are on par with Chromium-based Vivaldi browser, and LibreWolf on "older" machines or systems that require stability/consistency. Both are awesome to me. On Android plain Firefox remains pleasant to use, but open to suggestions.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Everything is just a skin of either Chrome or Firefox. Until recently, all browser on iPhone were a skin of Safari. Ladybird is the exception.

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Gnome browser and Konqueror are WebKit based like safari is

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Starting yesterday unfortunately Chrome and not Firefox. I just need a working web browser and haven't had the time to figure out what is wrong with my Firefox installation. I have no clue why but after updating to firefox 135 it eats up all my RAM (20GB+) and uses a significant amount of CPU while idle with only the process monitor tab open. Attempting to browse is unreasonably slow. Refreshing Firefox did nothing, despite now having a Firefox installation which isn't logged into anything and has no extensions. So I figured that if I'm going to deal with a browser not logged into anything it might as well be Chrome for a bit until I can figure out what the problem is since that's what all of the internet is designed to work with lately.

[–] Xed@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to use variations of Firefox but I got tired of websites not being compatible so sometimes I use chrome 🤷

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve never had that happen. What sort of websites

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[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Should we also be comparing rendering engines?

[–] InvisibleRasta@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Waterfox is based on esr, so quite outdated. Just use librewolf and some css. You have firefox-one that will make it look pretty and similar to zen. Zen is no good if you care about privacy.

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[–] sunred@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Currently on Firefox with Betterfox and Lepton. I might change it to Librewolf as a base for its better defaults. Ungoogled Chromium flatpak when I need a Chromium browser. Fennec on GrapheneOS for its extension support even if it might not be as secure compared to Vanadium.

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