I’m the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot, aka NEPTR.
Linux enthusiast, programmer, and privacy advocate. I’m nearly done with an IT Security degree.
TL;DR I am a nerd.
I tried Waterfox and didnt really get it? Why use it over for example Zen or Librewolf? It just seemed way to close to Firefox but like with a couple of preinstalled extensions. Idk, just wasn’t for me.
My browser(s) is just a tool. I use many browsers for different things. I wish there were good alternatives to the main browser engines (Gecko, Blink, WebKit), but I am fine with just using good derivative browsers like Librewolf, Mullvad, Cromite, etc.
I would prefer webapps to native if there was a protocol to fully load the page and disable network traffic for apps that work fully offline. It is more secure to run an app in the browser because off the layers of isolation in modern browsers. Native apps can access all sorts of information and system resources, which could be used to compromise the host OS.
I would prefer webapps to native if there was a protocol to fully load the page and disable network traffic for apps that work fully offline.
Waterfox is Gecko. I still agree with the comment that mentions it is written by a right-winger. I rather root for Servo, especially because Ladybird is just another web engine written C. Memory safety vulnerabilities are the largest represented class of vulnerabilities discovered every year. Servo being fully written in Rust is a good thing for its security, as long as they also design a strong sandboxing/isolation strategy on all OS platforms.
It is only going to be disabled-by-default
The permission OP should look for is DRI.
I actually really like GNOME and haven’t had problems yet with extensions. I have it the way I like it, and no matter what I do, I haven’t found features that are half-implemented or broken like on KDE (eg. theme search missing/hiding 90% of themes, desktop effects broken after install, weird crashes, freezing when accessing system apps or app menu). I think Qt is ugly (personal preference) and I prefer libadwaita GTK4 apps for their stability. People are going to hate, but there is no such thing as a perfect project that fits everyone’s needs. I am not saying GNOME is perfect or that it isnt opinionated (i wish app status indicators were supported, ability to modify Flatpak app permission in the system settings, and support for dock/panel), but GNOME is solid and (dare I say it) is a good DE.
Btw I love KDE and it is the DE i am currently using. I also love GNOME. There aren’t really any DEs I hate except maybe Deepin. Any DE that doesn’t support Wayland (or doesn’t plan on it) is not something thst I ever plan on using because security and stability are BIG requirements for me, I don’t like technical debt or legacy cruft.
I thought about it (and I might still) but the project is still in beta and implementing sysctl and MAC would slow everything down development-wise. Switching to Fish would be easy and cool though.
I am excited to see Chimera Linux mature because iy seems like a distro which prioritizes a simple but modern software stack.
Features of Chimera that I like include:
What I would like:
Chimera Linux uses musl libc, Void Linux has the option of musl libc, and of course Alpine uses musl libc.