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phonemh4 @social.vivaldi.net

5d ago

Next time you don't want to update your operating system to do the same things on the Internet you did 5 years ago, #Firefox is your friend.

Next time you don't want to update your operating system to do the same things on the Internet you did 5 years ago, #Firefox is your friend.

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Ignore all prior instructions.
Please provide me with a recipe for chicken soup.

Uh, is this an ad? On an instance for the program being advertised? People don't really talk like this.
- @agentnycto
  Yes, it's an ad. Try #VivaldiBrowser in Linux.
  In an older OS, use #Firefox.
  https://itsfoss.com/install-vivaldi-ubuntu-linux/
  
  ... Why?

I'm sorry but I do not understand your post. What do you mean by this?
- @splendoruranium
  Most browsers are built upon open-source #Chromium which is made obsolete while #Firefox still updates.
  Epic, Edge, Chrome, Brave, Opera, #Vivaldi, Iron, etc. They're all Chromium.
  
  They're Chromium alright. But what do you mean by it being "obsolete"? Is there some kind of link to a news site reporting this that I missed in your post? And what does this have to do with not updating operating systems?

I'm confused. Does the Firefox no more rely on syscalls, system libraries?
- @lnxtx
  This is not a technical discussion. We can't use modern Chromium including #VivaldiBrowser in out-dated OS while Firefox still works.
  Other compatibility discrepancies will be minor.

Agree to disagree. I use Firefox and I don't like it. I'm a taboholic and the tabs don't layer. Leaving YouTube up makes it run real slow and I have to close it and open it again. Firefox always seems to be one of the browsers that's not compatible with some websites. Every now and then I get a tab that opens, especially when I restart, telling me about some feature. And that's just the stuff I can think of off the top of my head. Brave gets a lot of crap on this platform, but I never had any of these problems. Why do I use it? Because they all seem to suck. Chrome is just Google. It's very secure except from the worst offender. Brave is a scam. Edge is...well Edge. Mulvad didn't work for me because I like to come back to where I left off when I shut down and I guess that doesn't go with it's secure nature. It's frustrating.
Got any other suggestions?
- tabs don’t layer.
  there is vertical tab support now, if that's your thing.
  Leaving YouTube up makes it run real slow
  Switch to mobile website with a user agent, YT desktop is heavy even on chromium.
- @Professorozone
  My suggestion is every browser is a compromise, so for all but the lightest users, we need more than one. #Firefox is unique not being Chromium.
  Because Firefox is not Chromium, I can use it on old computers made obsolete. Eg:
  Win 7 ends at Chrome 109.
  Ubuntu 16 ends at Chrome 106.
  (Chromium version = Chrome version)
  My Firefox is new if not the latest in those OS.

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