LibreWolf - A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.

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[–]m68k 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

That and will it be update to date with firefox, or will it lag behind like the other forks?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

From the site: LibreWolf is always built from the latest Firefox stable source.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'd like something like the old v56 - especially for the vertical tabs.

[–]m68k 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would hope that's the case, I'll have to check it out. :)

[–]Questionable 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

If it has the Libre name affixed to it, then it has more support than what it was based on. Assuming that it is the same group that works on Libreoffice, that now takes the position in the linux community that Openoffice once held.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Libré just means free as in freedom and free of charge.

ie. /s/FLOSS = Free/Libré Open Source Software

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I do not think they are connected in any way.

But maybe this one is: https://librebrowser.com/

[–]m68k 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not seeing mentioned that this was from the same group that did LibreOffice. Just because it has "Libre" in front, doesn't tell me it's from The Document Foundation. :P

Edit: Also, I should note, I have nothing against such a project. Just rather see one that makes good use of a fork, and not fork just to make a statement.

[–]Questionable 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I did a little looking around as well. Other than the name, which could just be optimism on their part, I too couldn't find a connection.