Floorp Browser: One of the best fork of firefox in customization
Yep, I've been through the user.js path and librewolf is also using it so I don't have to do it manually anymore. But there's more tweaks than that to reach a high level of privacy and I couldn't pass it until I found librewolf who integrates them.
I'm fine with librewolf policies and I like their general philosophy as well which is important to me as well when chosing an app.
Thanks for sharing. I've not been sold by the info on their website. Too many details are missing. At a glance, privacy concerns seem better addressed by librewolf. Also there have been some issues in update history cycles and some reviews (which I won't cite here with respect to project) didn't help in building confidence.
I use mull on my phone but I can't find it in arch, that would be nice. Do you have a link?
There's a hype around floorp right now. Certainly because it's new and it offers a high level of aesthetic customization.
Unfortunately it doesn't work for me because:
- it takes up too much RAM compared to others. Even though people don't really care about that on modern machine it goes against my philosophy.
- I've been tweaking Firefox for a long time to get the highest privacy possible but it was extremely painful and I don't want to redo that with floorp.
- my system look is extremely minimalist and I remove any visual effects in apps I use which would go against the point of floorp.
These are some reasons why I went with librewolf since it was released in 2020. It's efficient, well maintained, kept up to date with the latest Firefox version, and most importantly to me: deeply respectful of your privacy. Their privacy approach is very well explained in the FAQ It passed all the EFF tests better than any browser I've tested after hours of tweaks.
This is only my personal experience and preference. Per the Floorp developer himself privacy is not given the utmost care and users should prefer librewolf in that regard. If you want to use normal privacy and excellent Firefox derivatives, with no doubts, floorp will fit your needs.
Both iosevka and fira look nice.
I can see that. I've tried OpenBSD before Linux as well. One of the reasons I feel good using Linux is that you can go as crazy or as minimalist as you want. And all along this spectrum you can choose the same level of options but the way you chose them will make you build the system you want for your own needs and liking. As long as the options exist but are not installed or activated by default, I like having the choice (which also means the choice to not use them). It also help me build a consistent system where all my tools can freely interact together (and again the way I want to).
I don't want to have to comply to the way a developer decided I should use something.
At the end of the day we're lucky to have the choice in the OS that fits us the best. And most importantly we can evolve and make a switch if we ever feel the need for it :D Like distro in Linux I find it stupid to claim that one OS is best that another. I hope this post didn't give that impression. What's best is what's meet your needs.
We're exactly on the same page: "the tool is not the goal". The only difference may be that I see chosing options for an app as options for a tool. If I want to cut wood or metal I need a different saw. Even though the tool is basically the same it doesn't serve the same purpose. Hence I configure options once and for all, like I would consider which hardware I need exactly in terms of use, ergonomic, power... before buying it.
I don't spend time tweaking the look of a tool because it's doesn't fit my approach of things anymore. As such I don't even use a DE. But I feel the need to build the right tool (i.e. system app) I need to perform a job as efficiently as possible while keeping the tool itself minimalist and as invisible as possible. On my daily use I have tools that I couldn't live without anymore but if you ask me a list I will either forgot them or put them at the bottom because I will not think about them right away since they became a second nature.
I certainly see the comfort of the out of the box approach and it can serve a lot of people. In my use case I just realize that - using the example above - it could be like using a wood saw on metal in some cases. It may work but not as good as you would expect to have the job done properly. Also, the fit them all approach means building an app with tons of options activated and I prefer to have available to me only the options I really need. The philosophy feels less bloated to me and I'm not overloading my system with stuff I'll never use. It's more time consuming at first to chose the right app but with time it became quick enough and it definitely save me way more time in the long run when I use my system.
That's another thing I've changed as well. No bar or dock anymore. I use rofi and some home made scripts to:
- show the date/time, disk space, free ram, bluetooth devices battery level, volume, and search bar (to launch a command or a search on internet)
- manage the volume sinks and sources
- manage the wifi and vpn
- manage my passwords and automatically fill forms if I ask for it
- manage my internet bookmarks
- search my email contacts
- manage the clipboard
Source Code Pro for writing and Nerd for symbols.
Right. Actually one of the things I love about Linux is that it offers so many options so you can make your own combination to create the perfect system for your specific needs.
You can get all the visual distractions out of your way and tweak litterally everything to an incredible granular level. No other OS can pretend to be so user focused while staying so simple in appearance. You're not adapting to your system, it's built for you.
Looks like the group is eventually not that small.
One would say you're more weird than me then. That makes me feel better ^^
You're right.
Thank you for your help. I ended up using the approach proposed by @flashgnash (i.e. using lazy.vim) which let me install neovim and all my plugins.
Thanks for this feedback, it helps me feel a little bit less stupid :) With everything setup in NixOS documentation for neovim in appearance I thought really dumb to not be able to have it worked.
Using the approach proposed by @flashgnash (i.e. using lazy.vim) let me install neovim and all my plugins.
It worked. Thanks! Just a question though: why is there instructions and all the packages in NixOS if it's not yet reliable?
Thanks for the feedback. I'm used to packer but it's not maintained anymore so may be a good time to switch to lazy.
I'll see if I can have it work in NixOS.
As I said I've actually done it before asking... But I didn't reboot and and that was needed for the change to take effect ¯(ツ)/¯
Just realized that I had this line in my config already but the change was not applied until I reboot. 😳
Oh you mean mullvad! They're two different apps.