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I use librewolf for my desktop and safari exclusively in private mode or Firefox focus. I just use a pw manager so I login on demand instead of having a bunch of cross domain cookie bs.

I have tried or am aware of every browser that is commonly known, opera, chrome, Firefox, and all their derivatives.

What if any non-chromium non-Firefox derivative browser(s) have you used or do you use that you like and why?

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PS My apologies @nicktaylor, now that I've read more into Ladybird I see they're doing both. Creating a new browser *and* a new not-for-profit for it. I'll be intrigued to see how they plan to structure the org to avoid Mozilla's fate.

Also why they decided to start from scratch, instead of forking at least some components of a working libre browser. Even if only to swap them out over time, as Chromium did.

#WebBrowser #LadyBird #Mozilla

@alcinnz

"Exclusive: #OpenAI to release #webBrowser in challenge to #Google #Chrome"

Great news everybody

Instead of Google suctioning up all of your personal info, now people can eagerly rush to have all of their personal info suctioned up by an #enshittification manipulation hallucination #AI interface

Personally, I'm waiting for #Thiel's #Palantir #web #browser! Woo hoo! (/s)

reuters.com/business/media-tel

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"#JamieZawinski has #repeatedly said:

Now hear me out, but What If…? #browser #development was in the hands of some kind of #nonprofit #organization?

In my #humble but #correct #opinion, #Mozilla should be doing two things and two things only:

#Building THE #reference #implementation #WebBrowser and
Being a jugular-#snapping #attack #dog on #standards #committees.
There is no 3."
"Perhaps this is the only #viable #resolution."

"#Mozilla, for all its many #failings, has #invented a lot of #amazing #tech, from #Rust to #Servo to the #leading #budget #phone #OS. It shouldn't be trying to #capitalize on this #stuff. Maybe 3encourage it to have semi-independent #spinoffs, such as #Thunderbird, and as #KaiOS ought to be, and as #Rust could have been."
"But #JamieZawinski has the only #clear #vision and #solution we've seen yet. Perhaps he's #right, and #Mozilla #should be a #nonprofit, #working to #fund the one #independent, non-#vendor-driven, #standardscompliant #browserEngine."

"The architectural view in which search, social, and browsing are distinct is a distraction that does not map to the experienced reality of most people and that is in fact conceptually arbitrary with respect to the tasks that people actually seek to accomplish on the Web. In a sense, we're missing the Web for the tabs."

@robin, 2023

berjon.com/bigger-browser/

Robin BerjonYou're Gonna Need A Bigger BrowserBrowsers are hugely load-bearing in the Web's architecture, and yet they haven't changed very much in quite a while. If the Web is indeed for user agency, we should take a hard look at our user agents to see if they might not need improvement.

The browser I use on Android (Fennec F-Droid) just switched my default search engine back to Goggle, and what's worse, completely removed Mojeek and Brave as search options. This is an anti-feature!

It would be great if F-Droid builds of Android browsers stripped out the code that pulls dick moves like this.

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(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

Proton Mail gets Newsletter view to manage all email subscriptions in one place:
proton.me/blog/proton-mail-new
(That's really cool. Now we can tell normies that Proton Mail has this feature and Gmail doesn't lol)

Proton Pass adds 14 new entry types, option to create custom types:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/
(Really tempting feature, but personally I would advise against storing every piece of sensitive data in one central database in the cloud. Proton can get hacked any time, like any other company, and also the new Swiss law can force them to hand over all that personal data in plain text, so you can mess up your privacy really badly. I'm not pointing fingers at Proton, but I think this update wasn't quite a good idea, it puts too much responsibility on them.)

Firefox 140 ESR released with unload tab feature, support for adding custom search engines in Search settings, support for keeping more or fewer pinned vertical tabs in view, "Select All" option for bookmarks on Android:
9to5linux.com/firefox-140-esr-

Firefox 141 beta is available with less memory usage on Linux, ability to drag a tab to the pinned tabs tray and drag it out to unpin it, etc.:
9to5linux.com/firefox-141-prom

Mozilla discontinues DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine:
phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Deep
(GNOME: *drops a feature every few releases*
Mozilla: Hold my beer. *drops a service each week*)

(more FOSS news in comment)

Proton · Take charge of your inbox with Newsletters view | ProtonProton Mail's Newsletters view helps you manage email subscriptions, organize your inbox faster, and stay in control privately.
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(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

Mozilla discontinues Fakespot Deep Fake Detector:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/mozill

Organic Maps gets option to save planned routes and other improvements:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

CoMaps 2025.06.10 is now available on F-Droid with new UI and updated maps:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

Proton Mail and Calendar gets option for adding notes when replying to event invitations:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

ONLYOFFICE 9.0 released with new themes, redesigned start screen, new Diagram Viewer tool, new supported formats (Markdown, OpenDocument Graphics, Excel binary workbook files) etc.:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyof

Immich 1.135 released with iOS home screen widgets, Google Cast support and album descriptions in mobile apps, opt-in Google Cast integration and new onboarding flow on web, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

ReactOS gets better support for fullscreen programs:
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Full

Calibre 8.5 released with improved Kobo driver, new button in the Manage Data Files dialog to cancel remaining e-books when managing multiple ones, etc.:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-5-open

Zed gets new multi-language debugger tool, supporting Rust, Go, Python, JavaScript and C/C++:
news.itsfoss.com/zed-debugger-

Git 2.50 released with multi-pack reachability, improved multiple cruft packs, ORT merge engine, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

Servo gets animated GIF support, support for SVG images via HTML "img" tag, input type="color" support, better layout and CSS support, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-May-20

Zen Browser 1.13b released with spaces for tabs instead of workspaces, updated Firefox base, Google Safe Browsing support:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla Axes its 'Deepfake' AI Detector Add-On - OMG! UbuntuMozilla is axing another project that was a perfect fit for a company whose founding mission is to make the web better. Next week, on June 26 2025, the

#Webbrowser #Firefox auf meiner pers. Abschußliste? Warum diese Frage?

⛔ Firefox macht heute #Werbung für #afd {Ort: "neuer Tab"; Geschichten, die zum Nachdenken anregen}
👇
"Refugees Wellcome" als Überschrift: Wo sind Migranten vor Verfolgung sicher - in der rechtsextremen #afd: "Zu Besuch bei den nettesten Menschen in der AfD".
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dummy-magazin.de/artikel/refug

(Fallbeispiel anekdotischer Evidenz)

#noafd #Meinungsmache #Neusprech #Framing #Rahmensetzung #Faschismus #Schulunterricht #Migration
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DUMMY - Das GesellschaftsmagazinRefugees welcome - DUMMY - Das GesellschaftsmagazinDie nettesten Menschen in der AfD sind Migranten!