Some day they will offer linux version that you can download from from the website and install without using terminal.

Mullvad is a fork of Tor Browser so it gets some features from that like:

• Letterboxing
• New identity button
• Security levels

Discussion about this https://github.com/mullvad/mullvad-browser/issues/1

It’s not a replacement for Firefox or it’s forks, it’s a complement to your main browser. It’s like private browsing but always private and always separate from your other browsers and won’t save any data locally except maybe bookmarks.

The link I originally posted should explain this but here is a page that explains it in greater detail: https://mullvad.net/en/browser/hard-facts. Some more links:

• https://mullvad.net/en/browser/tor-without-tor
• https://mullvad.net/en/browser/why-you-need-a-privacy-focused-browser
• https://mullvad.net/en/browser/things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-browser

It’s the Tor browser without Tor, there’s a wipe button just for this issue.

This might be a better suggestion then: https://mullvad.net/en/browser

Useful even without a VPN.

Only the last three or so windows though, so if you got a few pop-ups before you press that you might be screwed…

…unless you have backups of an old session file, then you can use this tool to restore a list of those tabs: https://www.jeffersonscher.com/ffu/scrounger.html

There is also this handy addon for saving backups of windows like that to a txt list of urls: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/urls-list/

Easiest way to stop this from happening is to use ublock origin to block all third party request on your instance.

One way to do this is via dynamic filtering. This is for advanced users so be sure to read the info page: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering

(Consider backing up your ublock settings before doing this)

If you are using lemmy.ml your rule would be this:

lemmy.ml * 3p block

if you’re using another instance then change the domain or use both rules cause you might end up visiting the others as well. Note that adding this rule wont work unless enable advanced features in ublock origin.

EDIT: THIS MIGHT BREAK THINGS ON YOUR INSTANCE, its recommended to learn how to use dynamic filtering to unbreak it: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-quick-guide If it breaks stuff just remove that rule.

You could also block it using static filters but I can’t remember how to do that exactly, if you know please reply below.

Where is this sidebar? How do I see it or use it?

Yes but my main issue is that installing software can be a pain in general. The script that someone made just to download and install firefox from mozilla.org is evident of that:

“The objective is to provide a method to easily install Mozilla Firefox directly from Mozilla’s website and enable Firefox’s automatic update feature for the latest releases. Providing a pure stock Mozilla Firefox experience for everyone using your Linux computer at home.”

Isn’t it kind of odd that this has to have a script in the first place? Or is it actually easy and this script is redundant? From a windows perspective the fact that you can’t just download an installer that works it’s pretty weird. I notice that other software often offers .deb or .rpm files and maybe those are more what I want…

But also repositories can be a pain, I remember trying to install the emulation thing RetroArch via the app store thing on ubuntu and that was outdated and installing cores was very different from how I did it on PC.

https://retroarch.com/index.php?page=linux-instructions

“Cores should be downloaded from within the program using the Online Updater’s Core Updater, if possible. Some distros patch out the Online Updater, in which case you’ll need to install cores using your package manager. There are core packages available in the PPAs, as well, and they will continue to be updated, but new packages for new cores will not be created.”

Everything you said is true but it’s beside the point, all this app store stuff shouldn’t affect how easy or hard it is to install something the old fashioned way.

I know Firefox is there but I would to have the option to install it and programs like it without some kind of app store.

You mentioned android and it’s a perfect example of what I want, you have a nice app store but you can if you want download any app or anything from a website and it’s just one file that’s easy to install and it won’t update along with everything else or they can often check for updates on their own.

I tried to use Ubuntu for a bit but I just wanted to have regular Firefox with the built in updater, turns out this is way more of a hassle than it is on Windows.

It shouldn’t be that hard to “install” a program like Firefox directly from a website but all you get is an archive thing that you have to manually “install” basically, it’s tricky enough that someone wrote a tool just do do this: https://gitlab.com/Linux-Is-Best/Firefox-automatic-install-for-Linux

APT and Flatpacks are all cool but an offline installation should still be available and easy to use without being forced to use a terminal. Maybe I’m incorrect and I would love to hear about it but this is my experience.

Steam for whatever reason is basically installed the same way on windows as on PC in terms of user experience, you download a file and double click it. Maybe it’s Mozillas fault? Who knows, it’s frustrating in any case.

https://arewefastyet.com/

I think this is the page that the screenshot is from: