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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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LibreWolf or Mullvad Browser? Thoughts, comments, concerns? (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are several patches under its patches source directory, and there are different sort of packages, one example is the sed patch to avoid including pocket in the build. The DRM widevine is not included either on the build, though it can be installed if you want it installed (probably there's a patch for that somewhere).

But I no longer see removing binary blobs being advertised by Librewolf, it's been a while since I don't check on their site...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I guess I don’t see the point of removing pocket from the build since it can be disabled in a standard Firefox build with a single about:config option. That’s what I do.