my bad, this is correct, by default it does this, but unlike mullvad it doesn’t feel harmful to disable it while in mullvad it generally isnt suggested to disable just like how it isnt suggested to use extensions in Mullvad.
I think what Gorujo meant was that Mullvad is meant to be fingerprint resistant and for ephemeral use primarily unlike Librewolf.
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I guess that I just don’t really see the difference
Librewolf with changed settings and additional plugins = not recommended
Mullvad Browser with changed settings and additional plugins = not recommended
In both cases you stick out because ultimately, almost no one has your exact setup the second that you anything.
I would just stick with what JG said they understood the assignment.
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 cast off. I would have thought that Windows OS would be at the top of the privacyguides list of things you should not even consider if privacy is your primary objective, but I don’t know cos TBH I didn’t even know there was a list.
This post was from a few months ago and I was just learning about all this stuff. I admit, Windows is not private and I will be moving to Linux at some point but I need to learn how to use Linux and set it up before I switch operating systems. I don’t know what you mean about deckchairs or Titanic, I never used those words… or are you being sarcastic or is it a play on words? Sorry I’m autistic, I don’t understand.
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Don’t worry about it. It was a pun, though not the analogy I would have given.
Honestly, the best way to learn is through a little friction. Install Linux Mint and dive in. Everything can be done with a GUI and almost all hardware will work on it. So, might as well learn by trying and using directly. Trust me, it’s a great way to expedite your learning process. And once you get familiar, you can distro hop or keep using Mint. It’s a great first choice and the easiest to use. Alternatively, you can always dual boot to begin with if you want to be a little more cautious.
Correct, my original question in my post was answered… (unless this response is related to someone else’s comment)
For clarification, when I wrote this post, I didn’t really understand how criteria was developed for recommending browsers or that different browsers have different case uses. I was also confused about how other browsers were developed using Firefox source code. I get it now. My question has been answered thank you.
lol thank you, it went right over my head!
I have been playing around with Ubuntu in a VM I think I’m just a little nervous about making the leap, but you are right, I should just go for it! Thank you!
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(sorry I know the past couple comments have been off topic but hope they don’t get taken down)
Ubuntu is also a great starter distro. But start with Mint and stick with Flatpak apps if you ask me. The UI should be familiar if coming from Windows and everything should just work.
Once you’re more comfortable with Mint, I recommend you give Fedora a try. It also comes in Cinnamon DE if you happen to want to stick with the look and feel of Mint.
No worries, thank you so much for the encouragement! I will give it a go!
I won’t remove any comments. I think I might have forgotten to mark this post as answered though…
You could still use Librewolf as a main browser to log into PII and use Mullvad for anti fingerprinting features.
Librewolf is basically arkenfox with some small modifications. One of the person that works on Librewolf also works on arkenfox.
The only downside is the 1-3 days delay in firefox updates.
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No, you shouldn’t do that: Cinnamon is third-party software for Fedora, and it doesn’t work correctly on Fedora (Wayland doesn’t work, you can’t set desktop icons to a normal size, and there are many other potential incompatibilities). It’s better to choose Fedora KDE, which is more similar to Linux Mint and Windows.
Who?
I’ve been trying to search where I saw that for the past 30 minutes and can’t find a source. Sorry. It might have been someone on reddit mentioning that, not sure.
Maybe you are confusing it with this?
Maybe? Lol. I found another one here, which is also from Thorin:
If anyone wants a detailed breakdown of differences between AF/LW (which are almost identical these days) vs Mullvad Browser, then it’s a short list. It’s just a slightly different space - each with pros and cons.
This is from 2023 though, so there are even less differences.
According to Lumo (take with a grain of salt), the user @fxbrit worked on both Librewolf and Arkenfox.
Edit: found it! Reddit - The heart of the internet
They have their own, but it’s very similar to Arkenfox. They also discuss/work a lot together on the technical details, which you can see on Arkenfox’s GitHub issue tracker. fxbrit from Librewolf is also an admin for the Arkenfox repo.
Good Lumo. Lol.
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This is outdated information. See arkenfox has evolved into great piece of trash · Issue #1906 · arkenfox/user.js · GitHub
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