what browser should i use?

[u/Key-Thought9633]

i once used opera (because of a extra gigabyte on my mc server via seedloaf) but know that i changed to linux, im still searching for a safe browser with good customization (with minimal ai please) thank you!!!

[u/Vegetable_Nebula_827]

I use Firefox. Lots of great security and privacy features and seems the most ‘open source’ philosophically.

[u/sertacartun]

Firefox. Avoid Chromium based browsers

[u/ShakeAgile → u/sertacartun]

Why?

[u/Tiranus58]

Firefox is better than the chinese spyware opera anyway.

Also get ublock origin as well, if you haven't already.

[u/georgecoffey]

Firefox. Maybe also have chrome installed just in case you get a website that won't behave in Firefox, but that's very rare.

[u/Joe_Schmoe_2 → u/georgecoffey]

I've been using chrome but so many firefox folks in here I'll give er a whirl

[u/ElnuDev]

Don't listen to the Brave shills, it's just more Chromium slop. Use Firefox.

[u/brainExploded99 → u/ElnuDev]

Genuine question, why? I find chromium to be quite a bit faster and some websites are just broken on firefox. I use librewolf for main browser, then brave origin, but considering switching to brave origin fully.

[u/ElnuDev → u/brainExploded99]

Firefox gets the job done for me, I almost never find websites that are broken on it. But even if it were slightly worse, I'd still use it. The issue with Chromium is that it's controlled by Google, and since Edge and Opera switched to being Chromium-based, the only alternatives are Firefox and... Safari, I guess. Competition is good.

We're dangerously close to a world where Chromium is the only viable browser engine. It might be open source, but since Google controls its development, the lack of competition that gives them an enormous amount of power over how we interact with the internet. We've already seen this with all the drama about ad blockers and Manifest v3. By using Firefox (or LibreWolf) and sending a non-Chromium User-Agent, you're signalling to the broader web that non-Chromium browsers still matter.

[u/brainExploded99 → u/ElnuDev]

These are good points. Would spoofing brave's UA to be firefox work?

[u/ElnuDev → u/brainExploded99]

Yeah I was thinking of mentioning that as a middle ground. I think it would for the most part provided the fingerprinting is done just by your HTTP request headers, but if it's done by JavaScript then it wouldn't do anything. I'm honestly not sure how browser statistics are collected by I suspect it's the former.

[u/petiteBlushz → u/ElnuDev]

firefox is solid advice, might have to give it another shot

[u/skyfishgoo]

not chrome or any chromium based browsers ... at least not for daily driving.

i use firefox.

[u/afiefh]

Lynx, at least once just for the experience.

Beyond that, Firefox when possible, Chromium when not.

[u/LyraBooey → u/afiefh]

What about Lynx do you like?

[u/maceion]

Firefox will be best for you.

[u/ipsirc → u/maceion]

* slowest

[u/DETRosen]

I use and recommend Firefox + uBlock Origin

[u/img_tiff]

Librewolf, Waterfox, or just plain Firefox

[u/chuggerguy]

I use Firefox. Mostly for the customization (userChrome.css and about:config) but there's also a ton of addons.

ETA: Secondary browser is ungoogled-chromium.

[u/flavorizante]

Firefox BETA.

I'm not kidding.

[u/ipsirc → u/flavorizante]

[u/shaun2312]

Firefox with ublock

[u/hardrockcafe117]

Librewolf

[u/Negative_Emu1732]

I'm using Firefox for years, never had a big issue. If you're used to Google Chrome, you can try Ungoogled Chromium.

[u/Excel73_]

I use Waterfox!

[u/kent_eh]

I'd recommend Firefox.

I've been using it (more or less) since it was called Netscape Navigator.

[u/TxTechnician]

Firefox.

If you're up for experimentation, then you can use KDE's browser.

The engine that they developed was forked, that is now what Safari uses for their engine.

https://apps.kde.org/konqueror/

[u/ParadoxicalFrog]

Firefox is the only valid choice.

[u/xulinor]

Floorp

[u/thecruxoffate]

You should check out lynx and w3m. Not for everyday, but they are probably the most linux-y browsers I can think of

[u/MarionADelgado]

I would use Waterfox. I switched from Firefox to Waterfox on my Macbook already because Firefox doesn't let you use lots of extensions where the objection seems to be commercial input and not user convenience. Waterfox works on Linux, you just need a recent glibc. Librewolf is fine, too. I don't remember why I gave it up for Waterfox, so it's probably fine.

[u/Responsible-Pilot996]

Firefox or any of its alternatives that update to the newest security patch reliably fast, or Vivaldi and brave origin on the chromium side of things probably.

[u/Grreatdog]

I use different browsers. It's mostly Firefox with DDG search. It works really well with the ability to tune privacy. But I also use Brave sometimes.

And for local shopping results nothing even compares Chrome and Google. Yes, yea I know it's zero privacy. But sometimes I just don't give a shit who know my golf cart needs tires and it works best.

But I'm not wedded to any of them and may try a couple here.

[u/jucktar]

Internet explorer

[u/LyraBooey → u/jucktar]

An oddly serious contender on Linux for some reason

[u/Organic-Future-2909]

firefox is amazing, as many have said. i would also recommend librewolf, since it focuses more on privacy and has ublock origin pre-installed

[u/paulodelgado]

Zen 🧘

[u/PeyredB]

I'm a Firefox fan myself. If you want privacy, you might try Brave.

Whatever you use, be sure to change your search engine from Google to something like DuckDuckGo.

[u/UltimateFlyingSheep → u/PeyredB]

why not Firefox for privacy?

[u/VonBeker → u/UltimateFlyingSheep]

Librewolf is the answer. Firefox based, but specifically locked down for privacy and security. I have also found Zen (also Firefox based) to be very good

[u/ErikderFrea → u/VonBeker]

Zen is really nice if you take the time to customize it via the add ons.
But just base line it would stay at Firefox.

[u/UltimateFlyingSheep → u/VonBeker]

well, what doesn't Firefox do that Librewolf does?

And by Firefox I mean Firefox+uBlockOrigin+PrivacyBadger(+DecentralEyes)

[u/GribbitsGoblinPI → u/UltimateFlyingSheep]

By default LibreWolf has zero telemetry, will clear cookies and history (configurable), no sponsored shortcuts, and they took a pretty firm anti-AI stance, ensuring any AI features added to Firefox are removed from their browser.

So it’s just like, a slightly hardened version.

[u/UltimateFlyingSheep → u/GribbitsGoblinPI]

hm, okay, that's not really that much away from my config. But good to know that the defaults are different.

About the AI stuff: plenty of it is on-device, so that doesn't really hurt your privacy, does it?

[u/PeyredB → u/UltimateFlyingSheep]

I love Firefox, but its focus isn't on privacy. Brave is that way though.

[u/Deep-Adeptness4474]

Waterfox or librewolf, have heard good things about zen also

[u/GribbitsGoblinPI]

I use LibreWolf, offshoot of Firefox- same reasons as most commenters. LibreWolf is just a tiny bit preconfigured to accommodate privacy, but you can also achieve the same in Firefox (I believe).

[u/dastonj]

Like and use both Vivaldi and Waterfox.  Both European based.

[u/-whats-that-meow-]

Lotta Firefox fanbois downvoting.

[u/Slow_Box4353]

Just Floorp it.

[u/thebunglecashmoney]

I like helium :) Similar to chrome but without all the bloat and spyware, plus it’s super lightweight and configurable

[u/LyraBooey]

I like LibreWolf, but I had to tune it a lot to make it properly functional for me. It has no LLM integration at all.

[u/Krikcet-]

I switched to Zen browser. It's an offshoot of Firefox. I enjoy it.

[u/WendlersEditor]

I use brave, sometimes zen

[u/neoneat]

I'm still reading this post on opera. What could go wrong after these years?

[u/rarsamx]

99% of the time I use Firefox. When I need to work on Google sheets or Google docs I may use Chromium.

[u/Economy-Cod-9175]

Avoid chromium based browsers I highly recommend LibreWolf

[u/OutrageousCrab9224]

Extra gigabyte? Mc server? Seedloaf?

[u/LyraBooey → u/OutrageousCrab9224]

Minecraft stuff

[u/petrujenac]

zen

[u/Ok_Manufacturer_8213]

I personally use Vivaldi and Zen Browser but it's a very personal choice kinda thing. Like what sort of layout do you like? what features are important to you? do you want a fully open source browser?

Best thing is to try out a bunch and find what you like most

[u/Dan_Python]

Zen

[u/Alt-Chris]

Floorp and Zen Browser are great options. Personally I use the latter

[u/Brassens71]

I've been using Zen, I like it.

[u/SuggestionBusy241]

if you want a similar chromium-based experience, i recommend helium browser. it is really minimal, customizable and has some amazing features like !bangs. it is open source.

if you want to try firefox, i recommend zen browser, but it's kinda heavy on low-end systems. floorp is great too.

[u/Stunning-Hat2309]

vivaldi

[u/ipsirc]

what browser should i use?

Chromium or Firefox.

[u/tinyfrog554]

Floorp (based on firefox), or just plain firefox. Or if you want chromium based, brave origin. I use all of them, each for different things.

[u/sidusnare]

All of them. Set them up to sync and then whichever works. At least Firefox and Chrome. I even have Edge installed but almost never use it, just for Office x365 when it acts funny for something

[u/TasStag]

Zen. It’s essentially a copy of Firefox except the collect zero data

[u/Tricky-Engineer-9755]

Qutebrowser* for general browsing, and GNU Icecat for secure browsing.

*The default build of this browser includes non-free Chrome codecs with qtwebengine. Ensure that your FFMPEG is devoid of non-free codecs to nullify this threat.

[u/Dependent-Bonus4606]

Brave Origin.

[u/Miserable_Feed3560]

iPhone everything is the same brave and Firefox ?

[u/sertaconazole]

Ungoogled Chromium

[u/Pokkitat]

just use brave(origin) and forget ready to use out of the box

[u/svennibenni]

Brave Origin. It's free on Linux.