In a fancy GNU style, Icecat allows a limited set of extensions, the free ones indeed Stallman wouldn’t approve non-free extensions!ĭownload version 60.3.0! 23 (File: icecat-60.3.0.en-US.gnulinux-x86_64.tar.bz2) Librefox 24Īs strange as it sounds, Librefox is not a fork. Some security extensions like LibreJS 21 and Searxes’ Third-party Request Blocker 22 are shipped with Icecat but they can be disabled with a click in the homepage, restoring the usual surfing experience (these two extensions break many sites). It is based on Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) and consists in a set of patches that remove all non-free code and enhance privacy. Icecat browser targets people who care about their privacy but code freedom too. The pre-compiled binaries offered by OpenBSD are built using the ports. Note: A OpenBSD port is a set of files (Makefiles) that describes where to fetch the source of a software and how to compile/install it. Because of this, Basilisk developers don’t seem to deserve the users’ trust, I suggest to use some more trustworthy project instead. Package and ports maintainers are often volunteers so there is no point in making such an approach for whatever reason. Basilisk developers (they also develop Pale Moon 19) opened it to make the port comply with the licence, and the terms used are not polite at all. The project seems interesting, but after a bit of digging, I’ve found this issue 18 in the OpenBSD work in progress ports tree. The rendering engine it’s called Goanna 17 and it’s a fork from an old version of Firefox (v25) that have diverged significantly over the years. Basilisk developers still believe in a future of this technology and want to improve it. It is a subset of XML made for creating add ons that change Firefox user interface Mozilla deprecated XUL-based add ons at the end of the 2017 16. XUL (XML User Interface Language) is Mozilla’s XML-based language for building user interfaces of applications like Firefox. But what is XUL 14 15 and why should you care about? If you still want to use Firefox, follow PrivacyToolsIO guide 10.īasilisk is a Firefox fork made right before the Quantum update 7 to demonstrate the Unified XUL Platform 12 13. It’s important to state that Firefox isn’t privacy-aware by default, but the opt-out and relevant settings are just few clicks away, and all the sneaky extensions enabled by default (like Mr. But Firefox is open source and it would be a huge loss to waste its code this is why we will overview some of its forks. The only problem is that Mozilla often makes opinionated choices 8 9. It is fast (especially with the new Quantum engine 7) and easy to use. It is a drop-in replacement so you can download the browser and start using the same interface you’re used to.Īnother pillar of privacy-aware browsers is Mozilla Firefox. Ungoogled-chromium, is a fork of chromium with privacy improvements where Google traces have been removed. The project has been released recently, but it seems already abandoned: the latest commit to its codebase is dated in November 2018. Here we are at the first privacy-aware browser: Iridium, a fork of Chromium, private and secure by default. Privacy is a little better but it’s still Googlish. It’s basically Google Chrome minus some extensions and plugins. The rendering engine (the part that reads the HTML page and prints the formatted output) of Google Chrome is called Chromium and is also distributed as a separate browser. Why? Because rendering a page is really fast and it is integrated with Google services.īut it’s a Google application, you can’t expect that it will respect your privacy settings don’t help either. Google Chrome has been the most used browsers in the last year with a wide gap from the other alternatives. Both beginners and advanced users can enjoy this post it tries to explain every technology that is needed to discuss the various browsers and their differences.īrowser Market Share Worldwide 2017 Google Chrome 1 Firefox and Google Chrome will be highlighted as well as their forks and brand new browsers attenction is paid to the consumer privacy. In the current post, we will showcase browsers with a user-friendly GUI which both novices and experts can use. But, which browser should you choose? One that offers speed or one that is secure? Does it respect your privacy? An important piece in everyday life is the browser, considering the new trend of storing data and accessing applications in the cloud.Īmong the browsers landscape, the choice is actually finite because developing and maintaining one is expensive.
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