cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/28583067
LibreWolf is one of the best browsers for people who don’t like generative AI.
Here is the statement posted on Mastodon:
As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick “official” toot to then pin: we haven’t and won’t support “generative AI” related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it “slipped through”. As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.
Librewolf and Waterfox devs have both publicly said they wouldn’t be inclluding the AI stuff. Waiting on Floorp and Zen devs to weigh in still.
I’m using Librewolf for everything except for what I need to be logged in. The reason is that Librewolf pretends to be in UTC timezone. This is for privacy reasons, but when I load my calendar I need to see it in my timezone. There are manuals of how to turn that off, but the changes I made following their own workaround (https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/#what-are-the-most-common-downsides-of-rfp-resist-fingerprinting) never changed that behavior.
So what I do is using Epiphany for tool sites I need to login and a correct timezone, and everything else I use Librewolf.
Just set the timezone environmental parameter accordingly. Librewolf might pretend to be in UTC but doesn’t care if the time given by your system is wrong to get the correct time again.Oh, they really fixed this.Didn’t notice as Librewolf is only my backup.
Gonna be switching this weekend. It would be great to have a thread that helps all Librewolf newbies.
It is a good idea to subscribe to the LibreWolf community!
!librewolf@programming.dev
I was so close to accept LibreWolf and finally make the switch from Firefox. But sadly LibreWolf does not support saving in Browser passwords. Its because of security concerns, I get it. But look, I want to save passwords in the browser. And sadly this killed LibreWolf for me.
How about using a password manager? I think KeePassXC is useful with its keyboard shortcuts.
Password managers
We suggest that you use a more robust solution than the built-in password manager available in the browser:- Bitwarden: open source password manager that allows for synchronization across multiple devices.
- KeePassXC-Browser: official browser plugin for the open source password manager KeePassXC.
Recommended Addons – LibreWolf
https://librewolf.net/docs/addons/#password-managersWhat root problem are you trying to solve that a password manager and browser extension doesn’t fix?
In settings, turn on Firefox syncing, and boom! you have password saving.
I have Libre Wolf installed on my Linux machines, but never used it so far. Can you use it with a Mozilla account to sync bookmarks and passwords across devices? I send browser tabs from my Android phone to my desktop machine sometimes, that would be a QoL feature I’d be reluctant to give up.
Yep. It’s off by default, but is the first thing I switch on when I first install Libewolf on any machines.
You end up with a classic FF experience without any of the bullshit.
So far!
