Orion Browser’s Linux Alpha is Finally Here

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• Deebster@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have mixed feeling about this one. I’m on the newsletter as a Kagi + Linux user, but I’m not sure I’ll make this my daily driver once it’s ready.

  I have diversified my tech, using self-hosted and/or open source where possible. Orion is closed-source, and from the same company I use for my search, translation, etc. I trust Kagi far more than I trust Google, but I still don’t want all my eggs in one basket.

  It’s obviously good that we’re getting alternatives in the browser market, but I don’t know how much work they’ve done outside of the UI - is this effectively a reskin of Apple Safari in the same way we have the Chromium-based browsers that are dependent on Google’s developers?

  I like that they have “native support for both Chrome and Firefox extensions”, which means I should be able to replicate my Firefox setup in Orion. I guess I’ll need to try it.

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  • SterlingArgent@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s nice to have another browser break the Chrome/Firefox hegemony on Linux, other than GNOME Web.

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