Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1996arrow-down18
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minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-28 months agoI know this won’t affect LibreWolf immediately but can anyone speculate as to how or when the Firefox updates would affect LibreWolf, if at all? I switched from FF to LW recently so I’m just curious what the relationship(s) might be. ETA: Another question: How do I update LW without the LW updater? Uninstall and reinstall? Thanks!
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoCool, thanks. Interesting that it happens so quickly. I was not expecting that.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 months agoIsn’t it just changing some flags, toggling some options, debranding and disable basic telemetry? I honestly don’t know, last time I checked was a long time ago.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt also provides a user interface where you can toggle those flags without searching through about:config. Functionally, it’s about the same as Firefox + arkenfox JavaScript, but it’s a heck of a lot easier for a newbie to download and install.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoGood to know, I was not aware there was a UI for those things.
minus-squarepizzawithdirt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI use LibreWolf on Debian and just got the update. It doesn’t take that much time.
I know this won’t affect LibreWolf immediately but can anyone speculate as to how or when the Firefox updates would affect LibreWolf, if at all?
I switched from FF to LW recently so I’m just curious what the relationship(s) might be.
ETA: Another question: How do I update LW without the LW updater? Uninstall and reinstall? Thanks!
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Cool, thanks.
Interesting that it happens so quickly. I was not expecting that.
Isn’t it just changing some flags, toggling some options, debranding and disable basic telemetry? I honestly don’t know, last time I checked was a long time ago.
It also provides a user interface where you can toggle those flags without searching through about:config.
Functionally, it’s about the same as Firefox + arkenfox JavaScript, but it’s a heck of a lot easier for a newbie to download and install.
Good to know, I was not aware there was a UI for those things.
I use LibreWolf on Debian and just got the update. It doesn’t take that much time.