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Laughs in Firefox. (Specifically FireDragon)
Edit: Since there was some confusion in the comments about what FireDragon is, I will explain it here. FireDragon is the default browser on Garuda Linux. FireDragon is a fork of Librewolf, which is in-turn a fork of Firefox. Librewolf's main goal is to provide the most privacy possible to its user, though it might be at the cost of some sites breaking. FireDragon is a fork of Librewolf, it reduces some of the privacy settings that Librewolf uses, in order for sites to not break, but while still retaining most of the privacy features. dr460nf1r3 the developer of FireDragon said "This fork ships saner defaults to also include regular (not paranoid π) users of Garuda Linux in its audience" [1] Paragraph 2, Line 6
FireDragon from my perspective is focused around Garuda Linux, so a lot of its features are designed for users of Garuda Linux in mind.
More information about FireDragon can be found here: https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/firedragon-librewolf-fork/5018, here: https://github.com/dr460nf1r3/firedragon-browser, and here: https://dr460nf1r3.org/projects/firedragon/
More Information about Librewolf can be found here: https://librewolf.net/
More Information about Garuda Linux can be found here: https://garudalinux.org/
When you tell people you use Firefox, they look at you like you're a DRAGON
P.s. Thank you Louis Rossmann
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Whats a fire dragon
https://github.com/dr460nf1r3/firedragon-browser
If I'm using Firefox, why should I consider this special fork? What benefits does it have
FireDragon (my understanding is that FireDragon is built from LibeWolf) and LireWolf is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. LibreWolf (and FireDragon I assume) is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements.
I donβt use either, I use just firefox so maybe a user of FireDragon could give you more.
Edit: Take a look at Jaoβs post again, he updated it with more info on FireDragon.
Cool! Is it better than Firefox?
Idk, looking at the code, it doesn't look like it does much other than preinstall some useful add-ons and also remove some search providers, among Other privacy things - it also Reskins the about page, code wise there's really nothing different - It's like setting privacy to higher than max.
Best to look through the code to see what it does before you use it. Just a brief skim I've noticed that for some reason it disables WebGL. Not sure why, it doesn't specify a reason. It could completely break some websites.
WebGL can jeopardize your privacy on some untrusted sites by revealing your hardware specs, allowing sites to fingerprint you easier. The TOR Browser does it for the same reason.
It's 2023 and Firefox still does not have a per-site / per-domain toggle for WebGL, so it's on them. It stays disabled on my end, and if a site requires it I just open a temporary tab in a different profile with WebGL enabled.