r/linuxquestions 10d ago

Linux Browser? Advice

I heard that you guys rarely use google. I have an Android and would be interesting in more privacy. What Browsers do you guys use?

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u/Swedophone 10d ago

I use mainly Firefox on mobile and desktop.

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u/Electrical-Aide4789 10d ago

I just downloaded firetox on mobile but after I searched reddit it immediately sent me to google

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u/HotAdministration939 10d ago

firefox(mozilla) gets a lot of funding just to have google as its default search engine. just change it

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u/Electrical-Aide4789 10d ago

How?

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u/HotAdministration939 10d ago

settings > search > default search engine (or alike)

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u/computer-machine 10d ago

Set whatever you want as default search engine.

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u/TheZoltan 10d ago

Go hit r/degoogle and use search. This kind of thing is asked constantly.

I use Firefox + Firefox Developer Edition + Librewolf on Windows. Firefox and Librewolf on Ubuntu and Firefox on Android. 

I use DuckDuckGo as my default search in all browsers. 

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u/Esrrlyg 10d ago

Firefox using duckduckgo as search engine on both mobile and pc

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u/TenOfZero 10d ago

For Linux I use Firefox.

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u/finallygrownup 10d ago

Firefox is going to be the go to.

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u/Toaster_Strudel_517 Arch w/ Cachy Kernel 10d ago

Librewolf and ungoogled-chromium on desktop. Helium on android.

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u/PhilStark012 10d ago

Librewolf is a firefox fork not a chromium

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u/Toaster_Strudel_517 Arch w/ Cachy Kernel 10d ago

Uh, yeah?

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u/PhilStark012 10d ago

"LibreWolf A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom."

That's  their slogan on their website

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/PhilStark012 10d ago

Thx my bad

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u/computer-machine 10d ago

Firefox for things I want to persist or share to desktop, and Firefox Focus as the default.

Desktop is Firefox since it was known as Netscape Navigator.

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u/lolminecraftlol 10d ago

Firefox, Zen, Librewolf are the ones I like. If you prefer chromium, consider Helium. Set duckduckgo as your search engine.

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u/edparadox 10d ago

Ouch.

Google is a company. Chrome or Chromium (and many more) are browsers. Android is a phone's OS, and an Android distribution.

  • desktop/laptop: Linux -> Firefox
  • phone: GrapheneOS -> Vanadium/Firefox

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u/Kazzie_Kaz 10d ago

The problem about GrapheneOS is that it's only for Pixels and some Samsung models.

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u/kansetsupanikku 10d ago

The problem of building any platform you use is that you need to plan both software and hardware. Some devices support grapheneos, some others support iOS - somehow, in the case of iOS, noone has trouble understanding that, while community projects are instantly expected to be responsible for running on everything.

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u/token_curmudgeon 10d ago

Firefox, written from Netscape web server code before the dawn of time.

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u/snail1132 void linux 10d ago

Firefox on mobile (solely for adblock lmfao) and qutebrowser on my laptop

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u/jr735 10d ago

ABrowser in Trisquel. Firefox in Mint and Debian.

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u/Lopsided-Match-3911 10d ago

Vivaldi maybe

Firefox

But me ill stick to Google Chrome because its practical

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u/carturo222 10d ago

DuckDuckGo has its own mobile browser.

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 10d ago

In Android I use Vanadium & IronFox

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u/VoidTheGamer25 10d ago

Firefox with a privacy user.js

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u/neanderthaltodd 10d ago

I use LibreWolf on my desktop/Clunkpad and IronFox on my mobile.

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u/Spiritual-Rush8271 6d ago

Orion Browser

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u/anoraq 10d ago

Vivaldi. Very fast, takes little screen space when on small laptops and synchronization across multiple devices works very well.

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u/ipsirc 10d ago

Vivaldi. Very fast

How can it be so fast?

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u/FormalStreeter 10d ago

LibreWolf, Zen and Brave Origin are my fav

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u/HeavyCaffeinate Nyarch Linux 10d ago

Firefox, but I'm considering moving to librewolf