LibreWolf Is A Web Browser For Privacy and Freedom

[@burnzy3210]

life without an adblocker in is a hellish nightmare, good to see it's default in librewolf

[@AcidiFy574]

& that too Ublock origin It's open source

[@LuciferArc1]

Check our Brave Browser

[@AcidiFy574]

@@LuciferArc1 sure, why don't you try out chrome as well

[@LuciferArc1]

@@AcidiFy574 sorry. I dont like Spyware

[@AcidiFy574]

@@LuciferArc1 guess what brave is based of (Chromium=spyware) if it was based off of UnGoogl-ed chromium, THEN, I'd be singing a different tune

[@Chris-ip8uv]

DT - no need to install the HTTPS everywhere addon - LW has HTTPS-Only Mode enabled by default

[@AcidiFy574]

No it doesn't

[@Chris-ip8uv]

@@AcidiFy574 about:preferences#privacy You will see that HTTPS-Only Mode is set to Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows. This is on a default install of LibreWolf-bin from the AUR

[@AcidiFy574]

@@Chris-ip8uv I checked, well the AppImage version

[@Chris-ip8uv]

@@AcidiFy574 Ah. That could be. My mistake. I should have clarified :)

[@MrJueKa]

@Chris I`ve never ever had any problems installing Add-ons in Firefox ... it's child's play and quick to do

[@bsdslacker]

Been using LibreWolf for a few weeks and it runs really well. I had to put the remember history back for ease of use but it runs so good on old hardware and has not crashed once on Pop! OS. In fact, I've liked it so much I started looking for ways to support it.

[@Mr.Mister96]

Mull is available on mobile and is the closest thing to LibreWolf for Android

[@michaelshort2388]

a good way to get around the local file issue, is if you already have hosting, just host the plain HTML page on your hosting and point to it for your home page. :)

[@satyabratmalik4326]

I used librewolf for a while, my only disappointment was that I couldn't import my firefox credentials

[@madthumbs1564]

I spent the day learning Qute browser. -I love rarely having to touch the mouse, learning VIM controls (I wouldn't learn VIM otherwise), and messing with the config as well as getting MPV as my PiP which totally blows away Firefox and Vivaldi and bypasses youtube ads! DTs got some good Qute configs / videos.

[@tandlose]

@@madthumbs1564 qutebrowser recently got an updated adblocker aswell. It works kinda well

[@davebrowning9290]

My problem with Firefox is their lack of support for free speech as you mentioned in a previous video. I'm interested in FOSS, but free speech is even more important to me.

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

@Arnoldo Junkes can't blame them either tbh. Cancel culture is cancer.

[@eddyecho]

How exactly has firefox violated free speech?

[@davebrowning9290]

@@eddyecho They haven't violated free speech, but in a recent video, Derek mentioned his decision to stop using it because the publishers of Firefox said they don't support free speech.

[@eddyecho]

@@el_chrisssss As long as the MPL remains FOSS compatible, I don't see how any of these sound bites make any difference.

[@pw1187]

@@eddyecho do they violate free speech no... but when they turn on by default... fact-checking... let's be honest it's going to be bais... it's sort of disgusting

[@spectr__]

cool idea, just hope they have installers soon. I still love Firefox dev tools, but at work I have to use Windows...

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

@Hai Red wut? No They might be similar in functionality, but totally different

[@KTSpeedruns]

Part of the problem with Linux. People putting out Linux software think users actually want to compile their own shit.

[@debtminer4976]

@@KTSpeedruns Bull.. you apparently don't know how to use your software center then. . Makes it very simple, without even having to touch a command line. You're just jumping in too early on this project. Libre wolf is compiled Firefox, with their own patches applied. On Mac, you have to patch a Firefox disk image.. on windows, they don't even have a version yet.. Basically, RTFM and compile it, wait for an executable, or go back to mac/windows and wait longer. Pretty simple.

[@sethsrc792]

@@debtminer4976 or just use the AUR and install the bin, it takes 1 minute in my laptop

[@debtminer4976]

@@sethsrc792 Exactly. . That's the beauty of the AUR.

[@DeirdreYoung1]

Installed, loving it so far. Running Manjaro with XFCE on my Macbook Air because I was concerned about Apple spying - so disabling Mozilla spying made a lot of sense too. Thank you!

[@kaceyhowell6570]

Just installed it too. Running Manjaro KDE. Replaced Windows 11 on a brand new laptop because I was not having any of that Microsoft noise.

[@starleighpersonal]

Apple can spy on you from a firmware and hardware level. Just because it ain’t intel anymore dosent mean there’s no management engine counterpart in m1

[@DeirdreYoung1]

@@starleighpersonal Well not having the OS not broadcast every app I run is still an improvement.

[@canonpi]

Hey dt, what is that "Your browser is being managed by your organization" thing on top of the preferences page?

[@kjullthedemon]

Lix Alexander said. It's often used by your work or something, so you can't mess with the settings. Windows says something similar. But in this case, it acts as an extra layer of privacy, because even if you wanted to, you can't turn on tracking.

[@marioschroers7318]

I'm testing GNU IceCat (which celebrated its release birthday recently), it seems to work nicely though. It compiled in 2:20 hours on my machine 😃 I like GNU IceCat 😊🐱 Not sure if I want to have 25 browsers installed at some point, but I might have a look at Libre Wolf.

[@noferblatz]

Like your local homepage. Where can I get a copy of it (or the CSS) so I can imitate it?

[@DistroTube]

gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.surf/html

[@JoshuaVonNoctis]

They don't have a Windows branch just yet. Waiting on that. I'd love to switch over.

[@aetvrna]

Same

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

they have windows releases now

[@JoshuaVonNoctis]

@@theodiscusgaming3909 No way. For real? Sweet.

[@camerontgore]

Awesome! I've been looking for a new browser since your last firefox video for my Arco build.

[@TrueWordsOfEternity]

Hey dt this lets you use a local fine > new-tab-override oh looks like you have it just disabled

[@tuxpowerpc]

I like this browser Derek. Are you planning on a follow up video once you see if the blank tabs windows are fixed? Also, I'd be curious to hear your take on the un-Googled Chromium. Thanks for the video, now I have another rabbit hole to go down...... LOL

[@DistroTube]

Possibly!

[@xpuc6214]

Now I have mixed feelings. Should I stay with brave or switch to LibreWolf ?

[@DistroTube]

I have both installed. :D

[@eddyecho]

Try both. Use the one that suits you best.

[@eldete6210]

I think I'll stick to Brave for now just because I'm pretty used to Chrome and like it better than Firefox

[@zonnodon163]

Do both

[@akshatvats7992]

I use Brave. Probably I am part normie

[@jonny777bike]

The more these companies go woke the more users leave them.

[@qwerty6928]

no they don't

[@jonny777bike]

@@qwerty6928 Well thankfully DistroTube is doing a video about it. I'm just trying out Vilvaldi. I do have to admit though that I do use MDN but then again there's always www.w3.org

[@Milanman1899]

Go woke go broke

[@zonnodon163]

@@qwerty6928 Yes they do

[@eddyecho]

@@zonnodon163 kinda like how nike (the original company to go woke) has actually increased in popularity? Sorry dude these companies know way more about their customers than random youtube commenters

[@SkyyySi]

Not directly related to LibreWolf, but assuming that the popup menus look the same for you in Firefox, you need to add this to the blur-background-exclude and shadow-exlude picom rules: "class_g = 'firefox' && window_type = 'utility'",

[@billsemmendinger2592]

I'm using Homer as a home page in firefox. It allows me to open the different service in my home lab. I'm using "new tab override" to open the home page on other tabs. The downside is it doesn't clear the address bar so you have to remember to do it manually. Good video

[@stevethefishdotnet]

I was rather disappointed with Mozilla's ridiculous endorsement of censorship over the President suppossedly endorsing violence when he in fact did the opposite. I will definitely check out LibreWolf because I prefer Mozilla's presentation but without their corporate attitude.

[@doktorparadox1791]

I don't have time, to check everything what's available. Thanks for recommendation.

[@DavidCoutinhoCG]

why do you preffer librewolf to waterfox for example, i do use waterfox for quite a while for now, change some options here and there, install some privacy extensions like privacy badger, decentraleyes, ublock origin, nocoin, user-agent switcher, change some search engines to startpage, qwant, duckduckgo, and it works fine.

[@julianschmidt590]

The New Tab Override plugin works fine for me, what was wrong with yours as you have deactivated it?

[@JoStro_]

In the settings there was a setting in "home" marked "new tab" that was set to "blank page", maybe that option will let you set your hompage to open on a new tab?

[@thierrybo6304]

that's why it is relevant to use a password manager because this also prevented me to change browser some years ago.

[@fcaughli]

We can't set startup for "open previous windows and tabs"

[@HaroldCrews]

Thanks, I just installed it from the AUR. It installed without issue. I then added it to FireJail.

[@willstence7206]

Is it contradicting to sign into email / google account in LibreWolf? I feel like it's necessary to do so but feels contradicting to privacy. What do you think?

[@mzzzchael]

You can also load an extension locally, which can override your homepage if you so desire!

[@elalemanpaisa]

Does librewolf strip something out from the codebase? Afaik it comes with some blobs(Firefox) or is it just Firefox with some settings and extensions

[@fabiano9277]

Thanks Derek, for all the interesting and cool videos. I enjoy them very much.

[@donbruce8234]

I know not too much about the deep insides of computer architecture. Could a program be compiled to search out any high tek company gathering info and send garbage but acceptable data?

[@kmemz]

I've been waiting for either build instructions, or better yet straight builds, of librewolf on Windows, for months now. I'm not a fan of windows, but I have to use it as a primary OS out of necessity, thus I also need a browser that works on it.

[@madthumbs1564]

They don't even have it working right for all Linux machines. Imo: too early to jump ship. For now, I'm disabling pocket, and their built-in search engines to prevent revenue for them.

[@madeyeQ]

I guess this is an older video, but just wanted to let you know the new tab page now can have shortcuts, and at least youtube videos can be watched as well. Haven't tried with netflix.

[@Sivarajansam931]

Amazon Prime music is not working for me on librewolf. (DRM Content)

[@madthumbs1564]

Dump Amazon like Amazon dumped Parler.

[@Sivarajansam931]

@@madthumbs1564 hahaha Any ways I use it only on android. Just checked so that you guys will have idea of it.

[@siwiecministro1994]

LibreWolf probably uses policies to block playback of DRM content. Search for something like: lockPref("media.eme.enabled", false); in mozilla.cfg file. But we ALL should reject DRM, so don't change that option...

[@Sivarajansam931]

@@siwiecministro1994 Any reason to reject DRM?

[@siwiecministro1994]

@@Sivarajansam931 Generally ideological ones. We should reject un-freedom. DRM means not only that somebody is in charge of your computing, but also that this somebody is actively using that power against you. And if one does not reject un-freedom, why he or she is using Linux in the first place? Even proprietary software rarely uses power it has over you against you. Not to mention general inconvenience un-freedom imposes on us. I remember that there was a time when I used Google Maps app for biking in rural areas. But it was a big trouble because in some places there was no (or weak) GSM/LTE signal. Then I learned about OpenStreet Maps (or whatever it is called). It kindly asked me whether I wanted to DOWNLOAD a map for the area I was biking! Since then I always knew where I was... This small example shows, why we should reject un-freedom. Because if some entity imposes itself as de-facto-standard we even become incapable of thinking outside of it's confines - why I didn't think about moving to some offline map for so long?

[@petolejua]

thanks. what would you recommend for an email client instead of Mozilla's thunderbird?

[@shaymaeel-jaouahiry6278]

Mailspring

[@favor94]

That's what I did a few days ago, I thought why it took so long to install Librewolf, it turns out that what I installed was librewolf and that means I have been compiling it and it took a very long time (at least 5 hours until I realized I chose the wrong one. ). finally I canceled and installed librewolf-bin

[@timr5066]

Same :)

[@tusharkuntawar6170]

Did dt just say that unlock origin stops malicious code being run in the browser? I thought it was just a ad blocker.

[@soulofhogwarts]

In your preferences settings just change new tab from blankpage to homepage.

[@pont660]

It's a nice browser, but seems to lack the ability to startup with a fixed set of webpages / tabs open. This is the only reason I use another browser - so I can autimatically log into other email accounts (on the same email providers) for example.

[@jamesbrinn9701]

what do you do with google youtube not allowing you to watch a video because of a blocking browser

[@leeh.1900]

Firefox pushes Google Search...cause Alphabet pays Mozilla...a couple hundred million dollars per year to ship with Google as default search engine. Typically making up 75 to 90% of Mozilla Foundations funds. That's scary...and why would Google do that? To turn Firefox into Chrome for techies that are concerned about Privacy/Tracking. I think we should go back in time and start paying for a Browser. It was before my time...but didn't Netscape at one time cost like $19.95??? I want my browser to be updated and developed regularly by successful Open Source Devs....and I would be willing to pay for it! Any "Free Software" makes me think that they are selling all telemetry. to whomever...and that data winds up going to Facebook, Alphabet and all the rest of their ilk. Great video DT...gonna check this out! Thanks!

[@hunterwilhelm]

I would use it but did it have an app version?

[@zaori2785]

The Addon Gesturefy (Mouse Gestures) is not working in LibreWolf. Does anyone know, how to make it work?

[@thierrybo6304]

My concern if i change : Can we copy the Firefox profile to LW profile ? Do we have access to Mozilla sync to share bookmarks and so on between Firefox browsers?

[@techtutorials8812]

Could you serve your html file on a local server and use localhost as the new tab page?

[@theterribleanimator1793]

Of course, youd need an apache server installed tho.

[@holyhelga]

correct me if im wrong but you probably could remove those locked settings in the source and then compile it

[@iamlegion990]

What do you think about Firefox focus ? Seems barebones at first look which is the goal

[@tylerdean980]

The fact this plays KZbin well makes it more appealing than ice cat to me

[@kazooduck]

Only problem is google apis are SCUFFED UP, wouldn't be a big problem bit my school depends on Google

[@nahidahmed9153]

is there anyway to get your hompage extension that u use in ur browser?

[@QuizmasterLaw]

sudo apt-get install librewolf ? or does it require a ppa?

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@renealbrechtsen9743 i got about 5 minutes into it and went back to learning russian he's got a great voice but i don't need 30 minutes of video for 30 seconds of info.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@el_chrisssss RUssiaaaaa!

[@kjullthedemon]

@@el_chrisssss How is it lazy. Dude was just asking how to install the browser, cause he already made up his mind. Why waste more time on a video than needed, if you already have the information you want.

[@AYT04]

7:17 😂 | i just for an API ad after you said that there should be a force start custom page.

[@zomakaja]

What search engine do you prefer?

[@akshatvats7992]

Qwant's cool

[@madthumbs1564]

@@cq33xx58 Until they stop giving me just Gogle's results (censorship); they won't be my sole search engine. DT has mentioned YaCy.

[@cq33xx58]

@@madthumbs1564 At the main page of any instance of searx, up right corner > preferences > engines there is no engine worth mentioning that isn't there, no dependencies, look for other features in the preferences you will be amazed

[@OtterWare]

Pale Moon is not a firefox fork, pale moon runs on Goanna engine

[@ricardonunes709]

did they remove pocket? that would be nice.

[@caubert]

first search on Internet returns > "Librewolf is promoted as "the community-maintained fork of Librefox: a privacy and security-focused browser" however Librewolf is suffering from the same problems as Waterfox. Librewolf is a set of scripts and patches that removes the Firefox telemetry feature among other things. However, a network dump reveals that the very first time Librewolf is started it immediately contacts the Mozilla add-on CDN, Amazon Cloudfront, and several other places even though automatic updates of extensions is disabled by default." // unixsheikh.com

[@outlierjahd7910]

is that good or bad?

[@NilRipamonti]

@@outlierjahd7910 Bad. They are not doing what they are claiming.

[@matiaslouzaoataria6273]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention!, been looking for a firefox replacement form my desktop, vivaldi is really cool but is not 100% open source, and I don't like how brave feels, so this is of much help for me, thanks again!

[@matiaslouzaoataria6273]

@BlackWorm fair enough, but as a programmer I appreciate every bit of code that makes function a nice piece of software, even more if it is nicely written, so we can all look at it as an example, that is other of the advantages of open source software in my opinion, is not all about privacy and security but about much more stuff that makes it useful. Just my opinion. Still loved my 2 days with Vivaldi tho xD

[@ygypt]

missed opportunity to call it WaterWolf itd maintain the alliteration!

[@SacrificialArts]

I was thinking Freefox, but that's probably trademarked already.

[@texaslinux]

Wow, nice! Trying it out tonight.

[@vitorazevedo4472]

Gonna install it alongside with Brave. Great video!

[@madserge11]

hey DT u think you could share that local homepage you got, It is pretty cool

[@jdharrison01]

Have not found away to import bookmarks/pwds and such on Librewolf

[@magnusanderson6681]

Probably can dig around where firefox stores your user data in its profile directory and copy the files directly. Otherwise I use `pass` to manage passwords and it has a firefox plugin directly

[@Chris-ip8uv]

Have a look in your firfox bookmarkbackup dir and copy over that whole dir into your LW profile. Open your bookmarks manager then do a restore and pick the most recent date As to having the auto fill of password (if you saved them) locate and edit librewolf.cfg - I don't recall what I did off hand, but its fairly obvious when searching. Copy over key* and login* files from Firefox into the LW profile dir.

[@fawzanfawzi9993]

Is there windows version of this because I haven't found any binary available yet?

[@DistroTube]

gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/windows - Not available yet

[@thebtm]

Why not just create a node.js service that host the html page pointing to localhost?

[@thatguynar]

You could probably create an extension that works just like a new tab page. I'll probably have to look into that.

[@J43rv1]

Librewolf is awesome but I really don't like running it as a flatpak or appimage and there's really no guide for debian as of yet.

[@madthumbs1564]

The flatpack isn't even a finished product.

[@beaukurjata1873]

Noob question. I've never kicked around in gentoo. Is it alright for desktop and can a relatively inexperienced person (me) use and maintain it? My linux drive is running ubuntu and I'll be shoving arch back onto it otherwise. I usually am able to follow a manual. Thank you for the videos DT.

[@techtiger2558]

DT - You can run an http server on localhost and place your homepage on that, simplest way would be via `python -m http.server` when inside a folder with just your page in it as index.html

[@thenoseplays2488]

So...I tried Libre wolf with high hopes...the first thing I tried to do was enable dark mode. I got some message telling me I can't and if I really want it I should go use something else? Is that normal?

[@sokoloft3]

tabliss* is a great new tab extension imo. Seems really lightweight, maybe check it out.

[@sokoloft3]

@Saeed Habibi Yeah I love it. I think I've used it for the past year or so. I switched to Brave a couple days ago and disabled their new tab page and setup tabliss.

[@roy00kk]

Any thought between Icecat and Librewolf?

[@kinkychad69]

Librawolf is better with error as there copy paste firefox code and removeing everthing else as Icecast if it made by firefox it not safe anymore as the company went rogue anti free speech so Librawolf sound better becuase there no firefox or google.

[@quentincaldway]

You did it once again, thinking about switching to a more secure browser. Absolutely what I was looking for, as I continue the search for a main secure browser, i'm going to give this a try! Blessings!

[@Anonymous4045]

How'd it go?

[@martinboonzaaier]

Can one use addons, like Duckduckgo essentials, Ublock, etc, to make Firefox safer? Or is it better to swtch to a browser that's clean from the get go?

[@Thomas-rl8kw]

If i compile this, how will the updates work? Will i have to compile it every time?

[@erickgruis106]

I appreciate you DT! You get a lot of hate from the NPC idiots out there but there are plenty of us sane people out here who support your work and your stance on freedom.

[@JowiKrause]

Does this have a sync functionality?

[@lorenzocabrini]

But wait a minute, isn't that the Amarok logo?

[@wilsonwg]

They seem to have removed the logo from the official website. Maybe a new logo will come out in the future?

[@itsme7570]

What about ice cat? How you guys feel about them?

[@johncalorino675]

IceCat is abandoned since 2019.

[@itsme7570]

@@johncalorino675 I meant ice weasel

[@chrispeden979]

The recent blog post after the recent events was my last straw. I switched to brave, been pretty happy.

[@AcidiFy574]

Brave is chromium

[@chrispeden979]

@@AcidiFy574 it uses the chromium as a base yes. But it’s a deferent product as a whole.

[@AcidiFy574]

@@chrispeden979 it still contributes to the high-tech chromium monopoly If it was based off of UnGoogl-ed chromium, then I'd be singing a different tune

[@chrispeden979]

@@AcidiFy574 so then create a new rendering engine. Either by creating it yourself of funding another project.

[@kjullthedemon]

@@chrispeden979 Did you just ask a random dude on the internet to create a new rendering engine lol

[@xCarbonBlack]

If I'm doing blogging or online business, should I stick with Google Chrome?

[@williammoule-fortin9981]

Hell yeah! Another DT upload to make my day! Keep up the great work!

[@AnimeFan4Life2022x]

where do i download libre wolf? is there a website

[@jfs5873]

Does it work well with screen readers like NVDA?

[@fcaughli]

Does anyone know if I can use the add on "open bookmarks in new tab" or something that does that?

[@braaitongs]

I use brave on win 11 and want to move to linux. Would I be able to import my passwords into librewolf?

[@maureenmiaullis6427]

A video on how to compile a web browser would be nice to watch. Thanks for the info.

[@madthumbs1564]

I tried it, got the pgp error, and now I'm not sure if it's connected (dependencies?) but FF's PiP is borked (fills screen and isn't adjustable).

[@no.no.4680]

DT, don't you already have a web server? Just put your common links page on your server and point the homepage to your website

[@uksuperrascal]

this above video has no sound on Odyssey

[@funnymackerel9432]

How I can set my own start page? Any idea? Google gave me nothing

[@joelchrono]

My webcam didn't work with app image,I could not install any other version since I am on void, is it the appimage? Or is the browser just too hardened? Or is just my broken system?

[@J43rv1]

As far as I know, AppImages don't have access to your computer - they are ran in an isolated VM like environment. Much more secure but of course you lose features like that.

[@TheSulross]

I prefer Brave as my daily driver, but I've kept Firefox installed for rare occasion where have an issue using Brave with a site, but now I will strip Firefox off of all my computers and devices and replace with LibreWolf. Don't want to have any Firefox install that gets counted by Mozzilla in their stats for number of active updating users

[@undefinednull5749]

Ublock Origin is there probably to improve privacy, for less tracking etc.

[@rafaelr0cha26]

How can i make a homepage like that?

[@ChrisM243]

Are there any comparable browsers with built-in adblock for android?

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

Does it work on a Macbook or apple?

[@MyReviews_karkan]

Man, I really appreciate the effort. Been looking for a replacement for Firefox and you found one for us. I'll use it for a while and see how it works. Thanks again.

[@megaoyi1Wins]

So is this better than Icecat? I like the icecat icon tho

[@megaoyi1Wins]

@@____-gy5mq I just disable LibreJs and leave the rest enabled and it works relatively fine, also I add ublock origin

[@erics7004]

I recommend using appimage launcher so it's easier to have a shortcut of Librewolf or Pling Store in your software menu.

[@woj95]

is there any way to import settings/history/plugins from Firefox? (other than signing up using mozilla account)

[@eddyecho]

LOL whats the point of switching if you're going use it the same way you used firefox?

[@minepro1206]

I don't think there is. But part of the problem are those personalized services.

[@WaynoGur]

Unfortunately no way of installing that on Debian based systems. There are no install directions. For now, I will use Brave.

[@thierrybo6304]

What about Appimage ?

[@cuttlefishn.w.2705]

Anyone know how I can make Librewolf remember all my account information so I don't have to keep logging back in every time I quit it? Or is that more something I should leave up to my password managers? If so, then why does it have an incognito mode if it's already deleting cookies on close?