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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Here’s what we’re working on in Firefox | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just use librewolf or something, or if they incorporate ai, I'd be surprised if an ai-free fork doesn't pop up quickly

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

+1 for LibreWolf. I've been using it for ~2 years and it's better than Firefox from a privacy perspective. Development is active, so updates are being pushed regularly. As for vertical tabs, you can easily achieve it with Tree Style Tabs. I strongly recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Tree style tabs is amazing, +1 for that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've looked at alternative forks of Firefox before, but there were two problems for me: a) most are not up to date or slow to update, and b) hard to trust my browser to any community or other company. You see, I actually trust Mozilla, specifically Firefox and Thunderbird. At least the AI is local only, but it would add another attack vector and bloat for no reason to me. We'll see if it can be disabled.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Librewolf is quick to update, it's just a hardened fork of firefox

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Accessibility is “no reason”?! I never called someone ableist before, but… gosh, you're coming close.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

You misunderstand me. "bloat for no reason to me" means it is no reason to use to me. I don't care about alt-text in PDFs.