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maverick74··on Ask HN: Which browser consumes less CPU for day to day use, Chromium or Firefox?
much is bit subjective...

I don't mind waiting an extra couple of second if with that I can avoid that google crap...

maverick74··on Ask HN: Which browser consumes less CPU for day to day use, Chromium or Firefox?
The question is just one: Are you one of those guys that cares about microseconds?

No?

Stick to Firefox!

maverick74··on Why the Linux desktop is the best desktop
I prefer KDE neon, openSUSE or Fedora (all with Plasma).

it's what fits me better.

But GNOME,Xfce, LXQt all have their good sides :)

(and let's all just not forget about the Genode project. While not Linux, its very interesting as well)

maverick74··on Are We P2P Matrix Yet?
Eggcellent :D
maverick74··on Ask HN: Is Safari a good option for a privacy focused browser?
just that the common base is something chromium-ish/Blink-ish like.

I understand that Blink was forked from WebKit, but before that fork how much of google went into webkit? More problematic: what from google went into webkit?

i believe the community's problem with it is just that and not much what apple does with it.

The code is open and blablabla but.. does any one actually audit that huge code???

I believe that's why everyone just point Firefox as the only privacy choice (even with all it's problems).

But, then again... this is what i think personally. Someone else more techie could help more with this answer (you're just going to find out how hard it is to know who to trust ;P)

maverick74··on Show HN: EightColors – A Simple Puzzle Game I Built in HTML5
Probable bug:

The first time I landed the page it did not show any circles. I'm on Firefox mobile (nightly, release seems OK). I had to disable Firefox defenses. After the circles appear I was able to re-enable it.

I ceased to be able to reproduce it after it loaded OK once.

Oh... And it's a great game, by the way!!! Specially because it's HTML5

maverick74··on NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
Yeah!!!

Kate is awesome!!!

https://kate-editor.org

maverick74··on NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
KWrite in next version 22.08 will basically be an extra-lite Kate, for those interested.

https://kate-editor.org/post/2022/2022-03-31-kate-ate-kwrite...

I don't know which one is better, however, Kate or Notepad++...

Opinions?

maverick74··on Ask HN: Is anyone working on a true alternative to Windows?
That really depends on the distro you choose.

There are very stable distros (e.g.: openSUSE, Fedora, neon, Ubuntu...)

maverick74··on Ask HN: Is anyone working on a true alternative to Windows?
no...

But worth nothing:

Fedora

openSUSE

Genode

ReactOS

maverick74··on Outlook broken on Firefox for 6 months – MS recommend switch to Edge
Really?!

I'm amazed!!!

It's really funny how Google services' - and now Microsoft's - just keep on failing on Firefox.

Even more amazing is that they take soo many time to fix and never before another one takes it's place.

Now... One could argue that's a result of a different rendering engine... But also funny is that it happens between chrome and edge also, sometimes...

Go figure...

And that's why I keep using Firefox...

maverick74··on Contra Chrome [pdf]
I was not aware of this comic.

Everytime I read something new about this subject I realize things are always worst than I though.

I really don't see why people keep using this thing...

It's really amazing!!!

Still the comic misses to mention the funny "I've got nothing to hide" argument

maverick74··on What happens if you try to download and install Firefox on Windows
I really don't understand how this is allowed under the EU law...

But then again... Google uses a lot of dirty tricks as well and the EU doesn't do much either so...

maverick74··on Euro Truck Simulator 2: ZX Spectrum Edition
April's 1st???

Look good however :)

maverick74··on Foldable mobile phones, now what's next?
I think bio fusion will come but the tech is not ready yet, maybe first some kind of AR glasses with eSIM???
maverick74··on Thunderbird on Twitter: “What's Coming in Thunderbird 102 (2022): Matrix Support
Amazing news!!! :) Thunderbird lives again
maverick74··on Ask HN: Why do many people hate Pocket?
WT... ?!

I didn't know Pocket before the Firefox integration, either, but I'm really loving it.

Unlike many other sites, it does bring you news and articles you can trust (many by professional journalists).

Regarding the privacy concerns, according to what I've read at the time, it does create a kind of profile about the user, to target you with articles you seem to prefer, but that profile, unlike the competition, is not stored on the cloud... It is stored locally and never leaves your PC.

So... I'm liking it a lot!!!

maverick74··on Ask HN: Which browser should I migrate to, away from Firefox?
Well... Since you don't want to use Firefox and that anything Chromium-based is highly (NOT) recommend (really!), that leaves you with........

Lynx

Really, any thing is better than Chromium based browsers... And Lynx is actually great! (If you like this kind of software!!!)

There is also Firefox based browsers... But I'm not sure you would like them...

maverick74··on What’s the Alternative to Firefox?
I don't think there is actually a good-enough alternative...

Sorry

maverick74··on Meta might consider leaving Europe?
yeah!!!

it's 18 years too late!!! XP

maverick74··on How to Transfer Hotmail to Gmail
Why you want to do that?

You want to move from the dog's mouth into the lion's mouth?!

I wonder who has the strongest bite... XP

maverick74··on Briar Desktop for Linux
Berty is also interesting
maverick74··on Briar Desktop for Linux
I'm very curios about p2p matrix as well because I hope it will bring privacy mainstream. The closest now is signal which is, at best, very far away from whatsapp.

I hope this will change with p2p matrix...

maverick74··on Briar Desktop for Linux
There is also https://Berty.tech
maverick74··on Firefox Browser Alternatives on Linux
I totally agree!!! Mozilla saved (literally!) the internet once already. They deserve our support!
maverick74··on Firefox Browser Alternatives on Linux
You either have Firefox or Chromium-based browsers...

There's Falkon, AngelFish, Lynx... You should be more specific on what you need.

All in all, I would recommend you to stick with Firefox

maverick74··on Ask HN: One feature that you wish Mozilla didn't remove from Firefox?
The ability for add-ons to customize the GUI/Chrome!
maverick74··on Ask HN: What should the next web search engine be like
Honestly, to me, I'll be happy with a good FOSS search engine.

The only thing out there is gigablast but it needs money/ hardware/resources and a better look GUI.

I had high hopes about brave... But they are not FOSS so... Nothing new there. Just for privacy I prefer DDG (even depending heavily on bing and that I would prefer it was independent - I don't like much of that meta mambo jumbo)

All in all: an independent free and open source search engine that respects user privacy.

I don't think it's too much to ask

maverick74··on Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
Well, according to the Bible and the Church all rules come down to something like "Love God above all and love others as you Love yourself"...

I think it's all about Love... Every "rule" comes from this...

maverick74··on Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
What made you stop believing? Any special event that you would like to share?

I believe that it all comes down to "Love". That's the key. All other "rules" are mostly human-made. Your relationship with God is just that: a relationship between you and God. And that's YOUR business and God's!

I too was raised a Catholic, but there are many places where priests are not as good as they should be.

I think I'm lucky on that, that I had a good priest for the biggest part of my life. I developed interest in finding out more and, for the most part, most lay people's common knowledge is wrong.

God does not want you locked up in a bunch of rules. God (even being apparently very absent) wants you to be happy thru Love. And that's all! (and, funny enough, the catholic church does defend that! It's just very sad they miss by a lot to put that into practice - but, then again, they are humans as well...).

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