I did try Vivaldi, and it has some good things about
it; however, it is not
exactly free/libre, GNU/Linux, Richard-Stallman-approved.
Indeed. The team claims
that although the code is not on a Free license (aside from Chromium
modifications, which are BSD license), but it is openly available for inspection:
https://vivaldi.com/source/
Vivaldi makes connections to gezillions of different
IP addresses.
I would be guessing it queries external sites for data needed to
provide functionality like ad
blocking (it needs to regularly update the ad filters), etc. Firefox seems no better here,
I
think.
Otherwise, have you considered other Mozilla-based
browsers, such as Icecat
I haven't heard about Icecat. I will take a look.
There is also PaleMoon, as well as a few others, and
most of these preserve
some of the old Mozilla features that we have missed.
I do have Palemoon, which I
primarily use when I need to download huge files. Palemoon has the
Flashgot plugin, which intergates with Trinity's KGet allowing to easily redirect
links to TDE's
download manager. It's a pity that when Firefox moved to Quantum it left behind so
many good
extensions that have not been replaced until now and most likely will never be replaced.
I am sure you have your own reasons for choice of
browser, so I will
refrain from rants against proprietary or "non-free" software.
I do
prefer my software open source and only go for closed source when there's really a
significant difference in software quality.
Janek
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