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> > Do you care to share here how to tweak the included user.js settings for “ultimate privacy”?
> > It’s something I’m interested but never done before…

Ultimate Privacy is perhaps a poor expression, I will change to further privacy.

For howto info:
you can go here, skimread the page, then click the “Wiki” link: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js

also, it will probably be beneficial to selectivly read the associated ghacks articles
(the article COMMENTS are often insightful)
https://www.ghacks.net/?s=userjs
note: across browser versions, details change ~~ some specific details within older articles may be outdated.

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Thank everyone with facts and knowledge, aplogize i mostly spout opnions, but this is important to Tech, aspiring Tech, and civilian equally. Thank everyone so much for contributions!

Howdy Jessie.

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Hi skidoo, thanks for further info and comments.
Regarding lang preference in LibreWolf I too think “us english locked pref” is to reduce tracking
vectors.
I had found out how to unlock in policies script for passing on to anyone who insists on another language.
Easy job.

Using enterprise policy to set and change prefs as done in Librewolf is very useful and powerful.

I used enterprise policy generator addon to create some policy files for understanding how to create
test, modify. As well as learn where to find or put a policy. Addon gives instructions.
Users pls note, not all policies work in normal FF latest, even less in nightly where you can not switch off
data reporting..

Agree no widevine auto download is a feature, I watch films from hired DVD without
any network connection. :-). Only tracking is a list at the hire shop.

As I also mentioned, users please read up on user.js, mozilla keeps making changes to preference.
some names change with new releases, useful preferences may hidden from user until entered to activate.

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Yet another chrome based Browser SR Ware Iron, available in 32 and 64 bit

http://www.srware.net/downloads/iron.deb #32 bit version
http://www.srware.net/downloads/iron64.deb

For those who want to use netflix widevine plugin should/will install.
To kill it you can remove contents of /home/demo/.config/chromium/WidevineCdm.
go to chrome://components/ then search Widevine to check installation of compoment or look for updates.

Added /home/demo/.config/chromium/privacy.ini file and set to 1 made read only. “replace demo with username”
Can be set with Iron config tool checkbox enhanced privacy but can change/be changed by extensions.

To use the equivalent to FF about:config enter: chrome://flags/#omnibox
First change I made was chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls

Speed Stability and functionality are, up to now excellent. u block is an included addon.
Privacy is seeming pretty good as long as enhanced privacy is set.. Without that iron permanently connects to google.
If you connect to google store you will definitely be fingerprinted.
Widevine is of course a very intrusive fingerprinter. Included due user demand/forum requests.
Everybody wants netflix, nope not me.

Allow access to chrome.google.com and or chrome.com if you wish to get extensions from chrome store.

You can install unpacked extensions, go to chrome://extensions/ Enable developer options, drag and
drop your extension in to the window. You may need to activate the extension with the slider switch in
its description box.

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Dropped SR Ware Iron from my recommendations, it kept diverting my Metager search to Bing.
Complete removal, including all of the config) and reinstall not a cure.
Others complained in the forum about that behaviour.

Replaced with ungoogled chromium, no more bad behaviour observed. Up to date fast, stable
and no connection to googli needing an extra setting to block as was the case with iron..

Unfortunately not a 32 bit version available, Probably possible to compile for that usage but
more than my computer can comfortably manage for sure. Out of comfort zone too :-).

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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The number of 32-bit Web browsers and applications that are actively maintained continues to dwindle in number. For those who really need 32-bit software, give thanks to antiX and the developers who still appreciate that some people, (most likely those who either love the classics or even more likely those who are unable to access or afford anything else), so with gratitude we thank those who do recognize the need.

In the USA most areas are able to get the fastest networks and the best equipment but there are exceptions, and these have really surfaced in the open during the pandemic.

Again, thank you for those who developed, tested, promoted and used free software, especially free 32-bit software! It DOES MATTER.

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Brian Masinick

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ModdIt wrote:

Dropped SR Ware Iron from my recommendations, it kept diverting my Metager search to Bing.
Complete removal, including all of the config) and reinstall not a cure.
Others complained in the forum about that behaviour.

Replaced with ungoogled chromium, no more bad behaviour observed. Up to date fast, stable
and no connection to googli needing an extra setting to block as was the case with iron..

Unfortunately not a 32 bit version available, Probably possible to compile for that usage but
more than my computer can comfortably manage for sure. Out of comfort zone too :-).

One more browser that doesn’t communicate with google and that should install on antiX 32-bit is ‘abrowser’ by the Trisquel distro. The .deb installs and runs perfectly on antiX 19.3 64-bit for me. It’s the default browser on my most recent antiX Libre respin. You can find it from the Trisquel package mirror if you like: https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/f/firefox/

Currently the latest version of abrowser is 84.0.2, so the link for 64-bit would be https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/f/firefox/abrowser_84.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+9.0trisquel77_amd64.deb, and the link for 32-bit would be https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/f/firefox/abrowser_84.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+9.0trisquel77_i386.deb.

abrowser is similar to ungoogled chromium in the way that it strips some anti-privacy stuff out of Firefox. abrowser takes all the firefox extensions from the mozilla add-ons website, at least the ones I’ve tried.

abrowser will not install the widevine DRM, so Netflix is not possible.

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There’s a new version 86.0 of abrowser out today, so I’m updating the links from my above post:
The new link for 64-bit is https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/f/firefox/abrowser_86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+8.0trisquel78_amd64.deb
The new link for 32-bit is https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/f/firefox/abrowser_86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+8.0trisquel78_i386.deb

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A recommended and useful add-on for Firefo

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https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/an-important-recommendation-addon-for-firefox/

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Just installed AntiX 19.3 Full 64bit and used the software installer and installed both Brave Browser and Chromium. Both appeared to install correctly but neither will run. I click on their icons to launch either one, the hard drive will load and then stop and neither browser will load up. Am I missing a package or am I doing something wrong? Can’t figure out why neither Brave nor Chromium will launch and run?

I installed on an older PC: AMD Athlon 64 3200+, ATI Radeon Xpress 200, 100GB Hard drive.

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browser-for-amd-athlon-without-sse2-instruction-set

What is SSE2?

SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2, Streaming SIMD Extension Processor) – This is SIMD (SINGLE INSTRUCTION, MULTIPLE DATA, one manual – a variety of data) The instruction set developed by Intel and first presented in the Pentium 4 Series processors expands the SSE instruction set in order to completely Out MMX. The SSE2 set added 144 new commands to SSE, in which there were only 70 teams.

The SSE2 instructions were laid in the architecture of the following processors:

Intel – Starting with 423 and 478 sockets (while the processor under socket 478 support SSE2: Celeron and Celeron D – ranging from FSB 533MHz tires, Pentium IV – regardless of FSB bus), for laptops – from socket 479.
AMD. – Starting with a socket 754 for PC, and for laptops – from S1 socket.

List of program versions that do NOT require support SSE2

    Skype - up to 6.21
    Chrome - until 35.0.1870.2
    Chromium - up to 35.0.1866.0
    Internet Explorer - up to 8.0.6
    Mozilla Firefox - up to 48.0.2
    Opera - until 20.0.1387.91
    Safari - up to 5.1.7

[Member lonegunmen]

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Anonymous wrote:

browser-for-amd-athlon-without-sse2-instruction-set

What is SSE2?

SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2, Streaming SIMD Extension Processor) – This is SIMD (SINGLE INSTRUCTION, MULTIPLE DATA, one manual – a variety of data) The instruction set developed by Intel and first presented in the Pentium 4 Series processors expands the SSE instruction set in order to completely Out MMX. The SSE2 set added 144 new commands to SSE, in which there were only 70 teams.

The SSE2 instructions were laid in the architecture of the following processors:

Intel – Starting with 423 and 478 sockets (while the processor under socket 478 support SSE2: Celeron and Celeron D – ranging from FSB 533MHz tires, Pentium IV – regardless of FSB bus), for laptops – from socket 479.
AMD. – Starting with a socket 754 for PC, and for laptops – from S1 socket.

List of program versions that do NOT require support SSE2

    Skype - up to 6.21
    Chrome - until 35.0.1870.2
    Chromium - up to 35.0.1866.0
    Internet Explorer - up to 8.0.6
    Mozilla Firefox - up to 48.0.2
    Opera - until 20.0.1387.91
    Safari - up to 5.1.7

As stated above, my CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 3200+, which supports SSE2.

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Run chromium/Brave from terminal and see if it reports any errors and tells you what may be missing. We cannot guess otherwise.

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[Member lonegunmen]

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Here’s what happens in terminal:

$ chromium-browser
bash: chromium-browser: command not found

$ chromium
Illegal instruction

$ brave-browser
[3010:3010:0424/113158.707658:ERROR:browser_dm_token_storage_linux.cc(94)] Error: /etc/machine-id contains 0 characters (32 were expected).
[3010:3066:0424/113203.045839:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are “tcp” and on UNIX “unix”)
[3010:3066:0424/113203.045899:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are “tcp” and on UNIX “unix”)
$ /usr/bin/brave-browser: line 48: 3010 Illegal instruction “$HERE/brave” “$@”

When I typed just chromium into the terminal, the hard drive ran like it was trying to load chromium and then displayed Illegal instruction.
When I typed brave-browser the hard drive ran like it was trying to load brave and then displayed the messages above.

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I suspect that skidoo is right, and your CPU doesn’t have SSe2 support.
What is the output of
lscpu

Note: If you confirm that the CPU is missing SSE2 support, you may have to use non sse2 palemoon (install using the package installer)

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