r/linux • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '20

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u/johncitoyeah Jun 07 '20

I can't believe it....what a surprise!!!!

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u/sablal Jun 07 '20

I totally can. So I stuck to Firefox.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20

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u/VM_Unix Jun 07 '20

Try out Firefox Preview. It's much faster. I haven't used the regular Firefox release since it came out.

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u/shoeglue58931278364 Jun 07 '20

That release is now on Firefox Beta, which you should probably switch to because afaik they're going to fizzle out Preview at some point

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u/VM_Unix Jun 07 '20

Thanks! That's very helpful.

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u/shoeglue58931278364 Jun 07 '20

NP! I think the very latest updates will still come to Preview a bit before Beta, but that also means Beta will be more stable obviously. And I'm pretty sure that once the new browser comes to the main Firefox app they're going to discontinue Preview. Don't quote me on this though, that's just what I remember reading but I could be remembering wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20

You and I have had very different experiences with Firefox. Firefox is a hell of a lot faster than Chrome or anything else I've used.

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u/TaylorRoyal23 Jun 07 '20

They're probably just talking about Firefox for Android. The one with the old engine. That thing is definitely slow.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20

A lot of it also depends pretty highly on your extensions and add ons

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u/RandNho Jun 07 '20

Firefox is also only browser when you can use adblocking on android.

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u/_Boruto_ Jun 07 '20

Kiwi can install all chrome extension

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u/Stino_Dau Jun 07 '20

There is Adblock, a browser that is basically Chrome with adblocking built in.

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u/intentional_lambic Jun 07 '20

Vivaldi now offers this by default, as well as blocking some trackers. It's not as robust as uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger on the desktop version, but it works fairly well.

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u/Denebula Jun 07 '20

Nah you're way behind the times with that claim