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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Firefox looks so much better than Chrome (tux.social)

submitted 11 months ago by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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A little admiration of how easy UI customization is on Firefox, and how shitty Chromium looks.

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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am also pretty sure Firefox is equally if not more secure than Chromium. They just got some really bad reputation for not sandboxing everything.

[–] Para_lyzed@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The only issue they have with sandboxing is on Android, as they have yet to implement per-site process isolation despite it being present on desktop Firefox and Chromium Android for many years now. I've been tracking the development of Project Fission on Android (Firefox's per-site process isolation) for years now and it still isn't even ready for testing. Additionally, Firefox Android does not use Android's isolatedProcess flag for sandboxing, which is another area in which it is behind Chrome. For that reason, I cannot recommend Firefox on Android, and instead recommend Cromite (fork of Bromite after its development was abandoned) which is based on Chromium.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Yes very poorly true. The lack of any sync makes other mobile browsers hard to use for me though. Often start stuff on mobile, and continue on a real browser on Laptop.