Submitted 6 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.spacebar.news/debloated-microsoft-edge-chromium-browser/
Edge Linux was weirdly performant when I tested it.
Not only did it benchmark better than plain Chromium (or Bromite or Thorium back then), but it seemed to behave better with Wayland.
…I didn’t keep it and don’t use it. But that’s how it was. Shrug.
What other chromium browsers have you tried on Linux?
I mean:
Chromium, binary release
Chromium, CachyOS AVX2 build
Thorium
Cromite
Wow!
I was hoping that one day I could install edge on my arch distro and have the bestest ever, private and secure browser in the whole world.
But then I woke up from my dream. I told my psychoanalyst about my dream, and she said I was suffering from delusions and my dream was a narcissistic fantasy. Oh well.
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I use edge-frfox so I can have the edge experience without all the drama, surveillance, tracking.
aur.archlinux.org/packages/edge-frfox
A Firefox userChrome.css theme that aims to recreate the look and feel of Microsoft Edge.
OH goodie.
ngl that looks pretty good. Does it support vertical tabs?
Why not just use Chromium?
Chromium builds don’t have built-in automatic updates, and they’re missing DRM and some other proprietary components that are important. I’ve seen some community-maintained builds with varying update methods, but they don’t seem as well-supported as relying on Google/Microsoft/Vivaldi/whatever.
Sure, but it’s not hard to install widevine in Chromium and it’ll be auto updated through whatever package manager you use to install it.
Why not just use Ungoogled Chromium?
Edge is malware. Even if you use their settings to make it not broadcast everything you do to Windows servers, there’s nothing stopping it from deciding tomorrow to just randomly change those settings back without notification, just like they do with Windows.
Does 11 come with the GPE standard, or do you need a “pro” or “enterprise” level key, like you did for Windows 10? Because that would be another issue if you can’t even access the GPE on a standard version of Win11.
GPE is only Pro and higher. No luck on home.
Isn’t the Chromium project still open source? I guess forking things and building from there doesn’t happen anymore?
Seems like a lot of work when you can just use librewolf
LibreWolf doesn’t help me with websites that refuse to work properly on Firefox’s engine. I mentioned in the article that Firefox is already my daily web browser, but I’ve been looking for a good backup Chromium browser for that and other reasons.
Do you have a list of broken web sites? I have never seen any proof so far.
Some say brave, but all that crypto crap and a few scandals has me saying no.
Vivaldi, which started by the original Opera Deva after the browser was bought by a Chinese corp is pretty OK. Lots of the google stuff removed. Very customizable. Still works with ublock.
Other than that, on android there’s chromite - no google blobs. Chromium on Linux - but it still has the google blobs.
How does that compare to WaterFox or similar? I’m guessing it’s not running a dated framework like PaleMoon?
It’s very actively maintained. It’s just a hardened version of Firefox, you can get similar results using a privacy-focused user.js profile with Firefox. What’s nice about is is that once Firefox introduces a new update with more breaches of privacy, they adjust the settings on their side, so it’s just more convenient. And you can configure some things via the GUI instead of some JavaScript files
Or you know, use a privacy aware browser on Linux.
I used desktop Linux as my daily driver for years, I am aware it exists.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Me too, I just downloaded Firefox.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Firefox isn’t chromium
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Yes you are correct, what’s your point?