LibreWolf to replace Firefox

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I would say … you would have to look up the web for why Firefox is called Firefox but the other three are intentional pisstake names that are derived from and intentionally referencing Firefox (all three are forks of Firefox).

So, if none of those 4 browsers floats your boat, you too can fork Firefox - and while it is building from source, you can think about what word to replace “fire” with and what word to replace “fox” with. I will go with FlyingKangaroo but if my fork doesn’t work well maybe DeadDingo. :wink:

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As a senior citizen DeadDingo sounds about right.

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I concur with your assessment. Librewolf is my primary browser.

Mullvad browser is really nice also, but they don’t have arm64 version.

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LibreWolf or Mullvad. Not sure what the state of Iceweasel is.

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IIRC IceWeasel is not being packaged anymore (since approx 2017?). Perhaps you mean GNU IceCat?

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Forgotten to answer. I mean nothing, because IceWeasel was mentioned by the person I answered to. But I did not think about IceCat and still I cannot give an answer to it.

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Will that change ever you think. Mullvad is primary browser elsewhere. Would love to use on librem 5.

Is there a version of librewolf formatted for the Librem 5, or a way to better format it after install. I can zoom out but it only zooms out of the one tab, and I have to often switch from portrait to landscape to use librewolf.

Thanks!

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I did not try this myself, but have a look here: LibreWolf on Mobile - #3 by FranklyFlawless

I use LibreWolf on my desktop and laptop, but Firefox on my L5. Maybe I will try LibreWolf on the Librem 5 one day.

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LibreWolf is just a Firefox. You can modify it in the same way as Firefox. Copy the mobile config in the right folder. Hint: Firefox and therefor LibreWolf following the XDG home directory specifications. The folder is inside ~/.config now. You also have to start LibreWolf at least once without CSS-hacks to enable them into settings → LibreWolf → allow userChrome.css edits (or similar), otherwise LibreWolf ignores your changes.

With next Firefox release (149) it is possible that mobile configs will break. There is a huge UI change incoming and I have no idea what elements will break. Just that you know it.

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