Tumbleweed Week 42 Recap: What a week for our rolling release! 🦎 Seven snapshots (1010-1016) rolled out.🔥 This Week’s Updates:
GCC 14.2.1
#Mozilla #Firefox 132.0.2
#KDE Gear 24.08.2
KDE #Plasma 6.2.1
Samba 4.21.0
#Linux kernel 6.11.3
https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/thread/7HZV27BL2W7I4YCQU2KFQTE47MVMAFET/

Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.

#Firefox 131.0.3 is out now to fix an issue preventing the "List all tabs" toolbar button from being moved, an issue where some VR180 and 360 videos weren't properly rendered on YouTube, an issue where some users couldn't access their bank's site Bill Pay, a crash affecting Windows users, and a security vulnerability. More details at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0.3/releasenotes/

#Mozilla #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux

These browser vendors have produced browser-based PPA (Privacy-Preserving [Ad] Attribution) technologies that attempt to establish a world where “advertising online happens in a way that respects all of us, and where commercial and public interests are in balance”.1 Unfortunately, after studying each proposal, I predict they will inadvertently lend themselves to further incentivize the publication and spread of low-quality information (including misinformation), polluting the information landscape and threatening democracies worldwide.

#Firefox 131.0.2 is out now to fix a security vulnerability being exploited in the wild that would allow an attacker to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. More details https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/

#Mozilla #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

It's no secret that Google has a very large influence. They have influenced web pages into being highly optimized for high search engine rankings, and have pushed AMP: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/googles-amp-canonical-web-and-importance-web-standards-0. However I haven't found any concrete examples of Google pushing web standards that have been adopted and require browser support. I've read comments here and there like this one, that the Shadow DOM was created and pushed by Google, perhaps to make it harder to block ads, but didn't find any sources on that.

#Linux Weekly Roundup for October 6th, 2024: #Firefox 131, #qBittorrent 5.0, #LinuxMint 22.1 release date, #NetworkManager 1.50, #fwupd 2.0, #FFmpeg 7.1, #Audacious 4.4.1, #Ardour 8.8, #Nitrux 3.7, #Manjaro Linux 24.1, #CachyOS' October update, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-october-6th-2024

#OpenSource #FOSS

Vim's modal editing system is very efficient for manipulating text with little keystrokes. Let's say I had a list of URLs like the ones below, representing tabs. I could have the list as a text file, navigate them with arrow keys to move a text cursor, press enter or another key to focus on the tab under the cursor, d to cut a link (like cutting a file in a file explorer, or like how d deletes or cuts text in Vim), and p to put it in another position where the cursor is. I could select multiple lines to do d or p, or press y to yank (copy) them to my clipboard.

startpage.com
reddit.com/r/firefox
lemmy.ml/c/firefox

Oil.nvim seems to be a good point of reference for this. Its a Neovim plugin that acts as a file explorer, where all the files are text listed in a vim buffer, and you can do d y or p. I did a bunch of searches to see if Vimium Tridactyl or Surfing Keys can do this and nothing showed up. If they can, then an explanation would be helpful.

🤍 Appeal to the Browser Goddesses 🤍

Can we please make it a thing where 32GB of RAM isn't an insufficient amount for day to day web browser usage? Getting an OOM core dump for that reason is inexcusable.

• Should the Zoom browser app really need 2GB on a single tab when it's already downscaling a 1080p feed to 320p on an enterprise account?
• Should Amazon's website really need 1GB per tab just to view the cart or a ~800Mb for a single simple product page?
• Please remind me how an MKdocs fully static page with a single 400k image and no datatables or fancy JS somehow require 242Mb?
• Or perhaps shed some light on the requirement where Google's main page with a single search form somehow needs ~500Mb

There are no "good reasons" for these inefficiencies. We don't suddenly have better search fields or compressed jpegs now vs a decade ago with 1/10th of the system resources.

#developer #webdev #linux #browsers #chrome #firefox #ensh11n

[...] we do this fully acknowledging our expanded focus on online advertising won’t be embraced by everyone in our community

well then.

Firefox 131 is out, and with it arrives a change to the Tab overview menu: “a new, refreshed icon”.

There has been some outcry on social media, since the redesign came with an undesirable change for some - the button is no longer able to be hidden by default.

Just add this extension to my browser; Orbit by Mozilla https://orbitbymozilla.com/

#Mozilla #Firefox #Orbit #AI

Yet another reason why you should use #Firefox

You can use: #BestViewedInFirefox

• :lang(\*-Hang)
• :lang("*-Latn)
• :lang("zh", "ja", ko")
• :lang(PT, DE, HE)

If you care about multilingual and multi-script support.

#language #lang #HTML #CSS #WebDev #BrowserWars

#Firefox 132 Enters Public Beta Testing with Support for Blocking Third-Party Cookie Access with Enhanced Tracking Protection’s Strict Mode and Improved Performance of Certain Graphics-Heavy Content by Enabling WebRender Hardware Accelerated for Most SVG Filter Primitives https://9to5linux.com/firefox-132-enters-beta-with-support-for-blocking-third-party-cookie-access

#Mozilla #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

#Mozilla #Firefox 131 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-131-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#OpenSource #Linux #FreeSoftware

Fennec und Mull sind besonders für datenschutzbewusste Nutzer interessant, aber wegen der verzögerten Updates nicht für jeden geeignet. Teil 5 der Artikelserie »Sichere und datenschutzfreundliche Browser«. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/fennec-und-mull-sichere-und-datenschutzfreundliche-android-browser-teil-5/

#fennec #mull #browser #firefox #brave #mozilla #datenschutz #sicherheit #privacy #security

Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/mozilla_noyb_privacy_complaint/

#Mozilla #Firefox #noybeu

Мало кто догадывается, какие глубины ада разверзаются при установке #mastodon!
Вот нахуя там #firefox?

#понабралиМудаков

Most of Mozilla's money of course comes from Google to make them the default search engine on Firefox. And of course its a way for Google to ensure there's at least one alternative browser engine. Reading about how Texeira was recently fired and how executives have been pushing for AI features for a long time, Mozilla certainly loves chasing trends and then forgetting them, like how Google kills lots of products. It seems like the company can't stand on its own two feet without Google's funding and is poorly run.

What happened to Mozilla over the years? How much effort did they put in to trying to be a successful tech company? because it hasn't been until the past few that I really started following Firefox and Mozilla news.

I wonder if Mozilla could've been Proton, years before Proton AG existed, making their own comprehensive suite of privacy-friendly tools, since Mozilla makes privacy their brand. And they were late to the smartphone game with Firefox OS. If they were smart, they would've ensured their long term survival with an actual business, to continue funding development of their privacy and FOSS software like Firefox, without large funding sources like Google.

That's disappointing. I love #FireFox and #Mozilla but this is the wrong direction. The org doesn't appear to have a strong strategy, constantly moving from VPN, to fedi, to AI. Supporting federated services is such an obviously good long-term play for their mission, so to end their Mastodon instance is unfortunate.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/18/24248142/mozilla-will-shut-down-its-mastodon-server-on-december-17th

#Tech

Mozilla leadership
(in ref to https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/113153943609185249 )

#comic #firefox #mozilla