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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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Firefox needs a 180° turn to full privacy out of the box. - Feddit (feddit.de)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No. Currently Firefox is the only browser that can run Spotify and Netflix on my machine. Neither Chromium nor Epiphany do that.
Firefox needs to stay functional for "normal" people who consume DRM media, use Google and visit Websites that break if you block their trackers.
Otherwise its market share drops to zero and webdevs will stop testing for its engine, giving Google full control over the web.

There are more than enough options out there for people who want full privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is about DRM, an entirely different topic.

DRM is loaded on purpose, which is great.

But good point, there would need to be a "security" switch or else, that you select and that actually hardens the browser.

Vanilla should always work, and I agree I sometimes need a vanilla profile.

Firefox profiles are also horribly integrated into firefox. Like there is no GUI way to switch them, without entering "about config". People think Firefox has no profiles and think thats a Chrome thing, which is fucked up as Chrome copied that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is a profile GUI but it's true that it isn't integrated into Firefox. You have to start it with firefox -ProfileManager. On Windows I recall it used to add a start menu entry for it but not on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Firefox Flatpak, RPM, and Windows have this entry. firefox -p is enough and works cross platform.

But it is no button so people dont think it exists. I heard tech people say "Chromes profiles are better than Firefox containers" as they literally didnt know this core feature.

Thunderbird has profiles too, Element web also. Both have no GUI at all.