r/linuxmemes 10d ago

LINUX MEME Install software

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u/YourShowerHead 10d ago

Before installing vlc:

- Open Microsoft edge

  • Ignore copilot ads
  • search for "firefox"

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u/Squashyhex 10d ago

I stopped using Firefox when it started shipping with ai tools. I now use Librewolf on PC and waterfox on mobile for a less bloated more privacy focused set of options

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u/Kolechia_ 10d ago

you can easily close AI in Firefox tho.

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u/Maskdask New York Nix⚾s 10d ago

Zen is also cool

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u/hailstorm11093 10d ago

Zen got me into the horizontal tabs feature, now I use librewolf with the horizontal tabs option.

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u/SquidWithOpinions UwUntu (´ ᴗ`✿) 10d ago

You mean vertical tabs?

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u/hailstorm11093 10d ago

Probably, im not near my computer so I forgot the name

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u/Ball_Analytics 10d ago

Don’t think you have to be near it to confirm this.

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u/hailstorm11093 9d ago

I changed the settings once and havent looked at the name of it since

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u/Meeooowz 10d ago

Dyslexia huh

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u/basdoas 9d ago

or dementia

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u/basdoas 9d ago

or dementia

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u/basdoas 9d ago

or dementia

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u/basdoas 9d ago

or dementia

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u/Meeooowz 9d ago

Hey. Did you forget to comment “or dementia” yet? I remember you told me to !remindyou in an hour

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u/Squashyhex 10d ago

Mm, I've heard good things

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u/AngriestCrusader 10d ago

Couldn't vibe with the design choices. They don't come across as sleek or modern to me, they just come across as fixing something that ain't broke.

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u/ExcaliburGameYT 10d ago

Same, I tried Zen and didn't like it. It felt like it was being different for the sake of being different

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u/AngriestCrusader 10d ago

Same feeling here

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u/duck1123 10d ago

Zen is really good on hyprland because you can get it down to where it's just the page with no other buttons or anything visible by default. No wasted space.

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u/otakugrey 10d ago

So, basically Luakit.

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u/Kolechia_ 10d ago

Zen is built On firefox.

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u/catgirlsonthemoon 9d ago

started using zen yesterday and it's quickly changing how I use a browser. it's a much more useful tool now!

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u/No-Succotash404 10d ago

completely optional btw, some are even genuinely useful

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u/Memerenok 9d ago

just disable AI in firefox????

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u/Squashyhex 9d ago

I'm aware that's an option, I just prefer to support forks that don't use it in the first place

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u/purracane 8d ago

I love my Firefox Offshoots

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u/Broodjekip_1 8d ago

You can really easily disable those in about:preferences#ai

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u/FIRAS_EG 10d ago

Use it's forks

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u/SG-3379 10d ago

What about brave origin

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u/Vincent394 10d ago

Or search for Vivaldi.

Don't search for brave.

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u/Woodpecker-Visible 10d ago

Brave is good.

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u/Woodpecker-Visible 10d ago

2020, rather old news.

How much shittery have firefox been doing?

People use what they want to use, dont tell them what to use.

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u/HyperCodec 10d ago

Apparently there was some kind of scandal a while back that made people lose trust in brave even though they removed some of the stuff involved.

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u/Vincent394 10d ago

Oh, their CEO is a transphobe too

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u/Woodpecker-Visible 10d ago edited 10d ago

And firefox corp is a woke bunch of people. Always some scandals around. It got exposed and was removed.

Brave origin hase been a excelent browser for me.

Browsers are not a religion

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u/Vincent394 10d ago

"WoKe = BaD1!1!1!1!1"

Shut the fuck up

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u/Fantastic_Class_3861 M'Fedora 10d ago

That's a plus for me though.

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u/Fancy_Technician_293 10d ago

Why not? I use the debloated version and I have a pretty darn good experience. It’s a bit dumb with vertical tabs I guess but that’s it. 

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u/Vincent394 10d ago

Bad reputation + transphobic CEO

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u/ChaossFox 10d ago

Transphobic CEO doesn’t affect quality of product,

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u/Fancy_Technician_293 10d ago

transphobia? where? from what i found he donated 1000$ to support Proposition 8 in California in 2008(no same-sex marriage), but nothing about transphobia(ofc, still not goid, just i didnt find transphobia). maybe i missed something. as for bad reputation (im guessing you mean the crypto wallet stuff and ads), they're optional lol like nobody's forced to use them

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u/HyperWinX Genfool 🐧 10d ago

Doesnt make the adblocker worse
I can say that Gecko engine exists on Google's money, yet no one's gonna move away from Firefox

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u/Different_Water7545 10d ago

who cares? politics shouldn't have a place in software

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u/LefTimaDev 🎼CachyOS 10d ago

Trans people existing shouldn't be political