submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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I have the firefox app but its not on f droid while fennec is, what gives? And should I be using fennec instead

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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, the official Firefox build unfortunately depends on some proprietary libraries, which are removed by Fennec.
Fennec is just a collection of patches to remove that from the official Firefox repo: https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild

Generally, I would recommend using Fennec, yes.
If you want the official Firefox builds without using the Play Store, FFUpdater is useful: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.marmaro.krt.ffupdater/

[-] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 2 points 8 months ago

Shameless plug for Mull here too, i use both fennec and mull.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago

If you are big on privacy, Mull is actually recommended, see here: https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

[-] Falcon@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Although, Mull is only 60hz. If you do a lot of reading on your phone this can be frustrating.

I often install both.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

I had no idea an app could limit screen frequency.

[-] Falcon@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Of course, imagine e.g. games. Setting the refresh rate can be important for a program to work correctly and also performance. In the case of Mull that’s a part of the Rest Finger Printing (RFP) stuff they rolled out around 102.

[-] Delusion6903@discuss.online 1 points 8 months ago

I wondered why they did this. I love the idea of Mull but the screen frequency makes it unusable. They can't set it higher but just report 60hz or something? Is there no way to change that?

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

I would suggest Mull browser. It's more hardened. I use Fennec as an alternate browser for work stuff just to compartmentalize like on my computer (librewolf and firefox)

[-] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

You can use FFUpdater to install Firefox.

If I were you, I would install Mull instead. And if you need another browser, Fennec, or Chromium-based browser - Cromite from Obtainium.

[-] kaidelorenzo@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

Does it also handle notifications for tab send differently?

[-] Templa@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

I tried using Mull/Fenec and for my use case it would not stop crashing (I'm using it on GrapheneOS).

Apparently it isn't working with PWAs at all.

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