Which browser for Solus?

brent

unanswerable question: is it speedy, easy on the eyes, and gets the job done? surprisingly not a lot of browsers fit my simple criteria.

voted other anyway as LibreWolf and Mullvad are my workhorses.

If you think using 2 browsers is a PITA, I use three. I don't think good things happen when all those cookies swim around the same enclosure 🙂

elfprince

brent Do you have issues with banking and/or government/taxation sites with your browsers?

brent

elfprince Do you have issues with banking and/or government/taxation sites with your browsers?
I have a browser for .gov and another for banking (ungoogled and mullvad respectively) and they are tweaked to where there are no problems with either site. So far.

riffer

WhiteWolf

Zen browser has a flatpak, appimage and a tarball. Between the three there should be something workable in Solus.

I use it in Endeavour and it is my favorite browser for now. Not easy to theme though as Firefox themes don't work only modding the css files.

VaSAMiAn

I use Vivaldi before that i use Opera.

Solarmass

Original-Syn I use Vivaldi and Firefox. Vivaldi for media consumption and some online services that just work better with the chromium base. Firefox is my general purpose. I would use Zen, but I don't like the "only" vertical tabs. I prefer to be able to switch between vertical and horizontal depending on what I am doing.

Same! Firefox and Vivaldi 🍻 (voted for Firefox as only one vote is allowed)
I don't care about Zen as they don't care about horizontal tabs users..

Solarmass

BuzzPCSOS Firefox now has a built in translation feature that is really useful and they have finally dropped Pocket which is a bonus.

yea, that Pocket crap is finally out! 🥳 🎉 🎉
But they added more AI crap instead and other 💩

AlphaElwedritsch

Solarmass Vivaldi is and will be AI free.

BuzzPCSOS

Solarmass But they added more AI crap instead and other 💩

True, about:config is your friend here.
browser.ml.chat.enabled = False
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled = False

No AI.

Solarmass

AlphaElwedritsch Vivaldi is and will be AI free.

I know, if only Vivaldi was chromium-free..

SethStorm666

I just use chrome.

bubba66

Been using Vivaldi for years.

Solarmass

BuzzPCSOS True, about:config is your friend here.

I disabled everything form UI for now.

brent

BuzzPCSOS True, about:config is your friend here.
browser.ml.chat.enabled = False
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled = False

No AI.

that is awesome. going to see if l-wolf or mullvad has done this yet. Will edit post when I confirm.
edit-
libre-wolf had both set to false
mullvad had only one set to false, the other I had to create.

AlphaElwedritsch

Maybe you want to try links or lynx.
No AI and privacy per excellence... 😋

BuzzPCSOS

brent I do like the concept of getting a browser with privacy baked in but when I have tried them there has always been a few websites that get broken. Tweaking Firefox from scratch using about:config allows me to set privacy and performance rules that can always be undone. I keep a record of the modifications so I can undo them if I have issues or apply them to other machines. Not a perfect scheme but I am left feeling at least a little in control.
For the most part internet privacy is an illusion so I mostly concentrate on removing the features I don't like and adding a few that seem like a good idea. For instance I like to run the browser cache entirely in RAM which makes for a little less wear and tear on SSDs while at the same time making my browser a heavier user of RAM. A worthwhile trade-off in my eyes.

JAM-92

BuzzPCSOS Yeah true, strict privacy settings break websites now and then. That's why I always have Firefox on the side, and Brave as my main browser.

I use Firefox when a website does not work properly, and have less strict settings there, and no ad blocker.

Take care 😉

brent

BuzzPCSOS For the most part internet privacy is an illusion

yep

"Tweaking Firefox from scratch using about:config allows me to set privacy and performance rules that can always be undone."

I used to feel that way. Every firefox I ever got took me half hour or more under the hood before I could even use it. Loved having the granular control and stripping everything google out etc etc. Arkenfox and Betterfox profiles didn't have sh** on me. they were lame. But I tired of that after a while. The other two browsers have done the half hour of work for me 🙂.

BuzzPCSOS For instance I like to run the browser cache entirely in RAM which makes for a little less wear and tear on SSDs while at the same time making my browser a heavier user of RAM. A worthwhile trade-off in my eyes.

I am never done learning from you. this sounds cool

JAM-92

Brave with UBlock Origin literally keeps me browsing lightning fast, because it filters out 99% of all ads. Besides, it works great across multiple platforms.

BuzzPCSOS

JAM-92 For me, UBlock origin is usually the first extension that gets added to any browser. The decision to take that option away for Google Chrome users was just another reason not to use a Chrome based browser as far as I was concerned.

BuzzPCSOS

brent Each to his own, choice is a privilege that should be consumed to the full.
A brief guide for running Firefox cache in RAM taken from my own notes.

about:config
MOVE FIREFOX NETWORK CACHE INTO RAM - Needs 2 GB OF RAM OR MORE
browser.cache.disk.enable
set to false.
browser.cache.memory.enable
set to true.
browser.cache.memory.capacity
Change from -1 to 524288 (KB, = 512 MB RAM)

That's it. I keep my cache fairly low and most stuff seems to work fine. The setup is especially good for old slow machines but you can give yourself more cache if you have lots of RAM.
I am quite sure that googling the about:config entries will get you far more information than I supplied here.
Happy tweaking.

Edit: Got rid of silly size letters in first draught.

brent

BuzzPCSOS That's it. I keep my cache fairly low and most stuff seems to work fine. The setup is especially good for old slow machines but you can give yourself more cache if you have lots of RAM.
I am quite sure that googling the about:config entries will get you far more information than I supplied here.
Happy tweaking.

If I do this, what will I notice that's different?

[if Mods yell at me because they have every right to we can always more this]
tried this in Mullvad.
do not put a KB after the 524288, right?

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