As some of you already know, a big reason for me to switch to Linux was privacy and or lack thereof at Windows OS. Now after I started creating a social network site and chose total privacy at its core function, next to chronology, I apparently got an eye for it: I had switched to Waterfox the even…

I don’t love the switch from privacy-focused System1 property to more standard System1 property, but System1 hasn’t owned Waterfox for several years. They seem to still have a subsidiary called System1 Waterfox Holdings LLC in 2026 (can’t see what’s in it specifically; would presume a shell entity …

[image] frost: System1 hasn’t owned Waterfox for several years. Does that mean that the documents @youniversalis has been reading are old out-of-date stuff. ? You have to be careful with internet docs … people never clean up after themselves. Are you sure the stuff you are reading is curren…

“Waterfox is independent again” and “Alex Kontos Founder, Waterfox” from [image] A New Chapter for Waterfox - Waterfox Blog Waterfox is independent again, allowing the community to shape its future. The founder remains committed to delivering a privacy-focused, customisable browser and …

That link is from July, 2023 or just shy of THREE YEARS ago - not saying if it was true or not then, but it certainly does not necessarily have anything to do with what the CURRENT situation is… I haven’t been unhappy with my existing FF + privacy addins, from a privacy standpoint - it seems to be …

[image] Arthur Torrey: That link is from July, 2023 As far as I can tell, the information in that link is still current. If you are unhappy with FF, you might consider LibreWolf or Waterfox. They do not update as frequently. I use Waterfox on Android. It performs well there. Really, bro…

I agree that browser to day many of them has so much options it takes forever to go through it all. And som options it not that useful either at least i think so.

[image] Arthur Torrey: That link is from July, 2023 or just shy of THREE YEARS ago - not saying if it was true or not I know AI can be wrong sometimes, but here is the info I got from it. "Today, Waterfox is owned and operated by BrowserWorks Ltd. , a company run by its founder, Alexandros Ko…

[image] Arthur Torrey: That link is from July, 2023 or just shy of THREE YEARS ago - not saying if it was true or not then, but it certainly does not necessarily have anything to do with what the CURRENT situation is… It is still independent as of May 2026, as per the most recent company fili…

Interesting - I just took a look for WaterFox and LibreWolf and neither is listed in the Debian repo… (I’m running on Deb Forky (testing)) I went to the websites for each - I didn’t see anything that I really didn’t like in LibreWolf, and WaterFox looked quite appealing other than the 1 .org quest…

[image] Arthur Torrey: Neither has any explicit instructions about how to switch from FireFox… There is for waterfox [image] Changing Browser from Firefox to Waterfox A blog post talking about moving my daily driver from Firefox to Waterfox. This (longish) post explores why as we…