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submitted 2 months ago by BaumGeist@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Finally, another web engine is being developed to compete with Chromium and Firefox (Gecko), and they're also working on a browser that will use it.

Here's the maintainer talking about the current state of the project, and a demo of the current functionality

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[-] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well we wouldn't want Proton, it would be 2000x less lightweight than electron! /s

It seems to me that Tauri is maybe a better direction to invest resources in than a direct electron-but-Firefox. Its lighter weight and better sandboxed, and can presumably be configured to run with a Gecko engine instead of a chromium-based webview. I have no idea its status, but geckoview does seem to exist.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

Ah shit we need photon. Light as light itself

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Proton and photon is just the Firefox browser's GUI style. Proton is the previous one, photon is the current one where everything is bigger and curly.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I meant Positron, my bad

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