Zorin OS 17.3 is Here
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We’re excited to announce the release of Zorin OS 17.3 today, which brings a host of improvements across the system. It introduces new features, …

In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer feel assured that Firefox aligns with our commitment to protect your privacy. This prompted us to revisit the choice of default web browser in Zorin OS 17.3.

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Brave marketing has gone crazy to convince people it’s less dodgy than Firefox. Come on!

  • juipeltje@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Seems like a strange choice. If anything i would’ve expected them to just use a firefox fork or something.

  • Peasley@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    “Mozilla has a bit been shady lately, so we are making the difficult decision to change our default browser to something significantly more shady. We are confident our users will feel safer knowing their data is in even worse hands than before"

  • the_wiz@feddit.org
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    17 hours ago

    Well, Brave is -regardless of the companies decisions- still a damn good browser with many build in essentials (TOR, IPFS, Bittorrent…), so, while I PERSONALLY don’t use this anymore (currently I use an heavily patched suckless surf and Dillo) I don’t see much wrong in including this in a distribution especially catering to users switching from windows.

  • Unmapped@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    I’m actually not familiar with this distro. But if I installed a Linux distro, and it have brave installed. I would immediately switch.

    • Admetus@sopuli.xyz
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      11 hours ago

      Brave is a fairly recent outlier, and while it isn’t quite proprietary, it stinks a fair bit of something capitalist/crypto.

  • cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de
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    19 hours ago

    I have ff installed but uses librewolf for most uses. Should I be worried if ff is in my system? Somebody please explain.

  • Jakob Fel@retrolemmy.com
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    20 hours ago

    I hope to see more distros do this. Strongly considering buying a Pro license just to support them for doing the right thing. Screw Mozilla.

    • Hawke@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      I dunno that I’d consider Brave to be “the right thing” but more variety/competition is best!

  • lumony@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Blech. I’d downvote this because I disagree with their decision, but I’m glad you brought this to our attention.