I know Librewolf is not in the recommended list, but it is based on Firefox, so I’m just wondering why it might not be on the list? Just out of curiosity, what are the concerns? Firefox looks like a pain in the ass to configure (although not nearly as much as installing windows) I saw it recommende…

[image] tiredMuppet: I know Librewolf is not in the recommended list, but it is based on Firefox, so I’m just wondering why it might not be on the list? Just out of curiosity, what are the concerns? There was a long discussion held on whether LibreWolf should be recommended. I haven’t read th…

[image] anon57862721: First, welcome to the forum! Ah yes, I did see the criteria, I was just curious. Seems like the main reasons people have shared in the comments are inconvenience, breaking on websites, and issues with updates. I guess most of the sites I have been using so far are of the…

[image] ImTooPhaT: PG recommends Firefox + arkenfox, which is DIY Librewolf. Librewolf is basically pre-packaged Arkenfox, but with slower updates, which makes Arkenfox a better choice to recommend. The concern is because Librewolf is slower with updates, it makes the browser less secure than Ar…

[image] SwampTrainer: Your best strategy might be to have a few browsers on hand so if a site doesn’t work on one, you try another. It sounds like a pain, but once you give it a try a few times, you get into the habit and it’s second nature. Thanks that’s a great suggestion, I will try out a …

[image] bsd: In my experience, it absolutely breaks a lot of websites that I frequently visit. If you’re lazy, you will have to log in manually to everything every time you open the browser. Unless you flag specific websites as exempt… but that defeats the purpose of Librewolf. I’d say it’s best…

[image] TheDoc: In case you haven’t already, I’d recommend you really read through the threat modeling page before anything else. I don’t know your situation but to me it sounds like you might be worrying too much about things which aren’t very impactful. Thanks I appreciate your suggestions.…

As someone who uses Librewolf as my primary browser, I can see why they don’t recommend it. Since like people said, it’s slow on updates & certain sites break in it. However I’d still recommend trying it out to see if you like it.

By using LibreWolf instead of Firefox + arkenfox, you need to trust another third party, which has not been keeping up with arkenfox changes in recent history .

Thanks everyone, I understand what the concerns are now. I appreciate everyone’s feedback!

Don’t know how to break this gently but worrying about Librewolf vs Firefox when you are installing them on a windows PC??? The words ‘deckchairs’ and ‘Titanic’ keep appearing in the same sentence! As far as privacy is concerned,with MS at the helm of your vessel, your ship is sunk before you even c…

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