Hi All, I’ve bought a new mini PC that I’m going to use specifically for internet browsing. I’m looking for a simple hardened OS that will provide good security and privacy by default. I will only be using a browser to “browse” and save files while connected to VPN. Nothing else. Looking for somet…

[image] Anon47486929: You might be asking about bubblewrap, the application sandbox underlying flatpaks. On that note, I chose the non userns version, which I know talked about bubblewrap. Does this mean bubblewrap will still work with flatpaks? The reason I ask is because my browser of choi…

[image] dumpster: Yes, that window you saw was yafti. run ujust rerun-yafti to access it. Amazing, thank you!

We just shipped built-in content blocking using the same method GrapheneOS’s Vanadium uses (chromium’s subresource filter). You can always install UBO-lite if you find it lacking (some ads will still show like youtube ads, unfortunately. which is also the case on Vanadium).

Either they don’t mind sacrificing security, or there are things that are not as important as claimed. The former. Brave in particular. For example they have also opted to retain MV2 support. They are willing to sacrifice security for convenience / “privacy”. So how can immutable -and tradition…

We don’t exclude any vanadium patches that are relevant to the desktop. Please do not spread misinformation about secureblue :slight_smile:

[image] username0990: As far as I can see in the Linux world, there is not a consensus on how browsers should be installed on a system Native packages and Snaps are fine. Flatpaks not. Flatpaks block the namespace+chroot/pivot_root sandbox layer. [image] username0990: Firefox and Brave b…

@sha123 You have already expressed these views in the hyperlinked threads I have attached to my posts and more. I have benefited a lot from your views in the past months, and you have helped me to search for more accurate information in other sources. I thank you for that. Since this thread is more…

[image] Anon47486929: Just ditch librewolf (reasons stated by others in the thread above). My opinion is staying with the native hardened chromium is definitely better. :+1: [image] RoyalOughtness: We just shipped built-in content blocking using the same method GrapheneOS’s Vanadium uses…

I am sorry if I got that wrong. There used to be a table with all the Vanadium patches and marking which were/weren’t included and why, no? I can’t seem to find it…

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Astatine October 11, 2024, 9:02am 47

Librewolf might not last much longer, unfortunately.

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