[conspire] Firefox Addons Being Disabled Due to an Expired Certificate

[Rick Moen]

Earlier today, I wrote:

> But here's the (IMO) much bigger issue:  Is it acceptable that your
> selected extensions can operate in/with your browser only if Mozilla,
> Inc. permits them?  Personally, I would say 'No, not at all, not ever'.
> And I would add that it's past time to give up on Mozilla-branded Firefox,
> as their practices are inconsistent with open source principles and user
> autonomy, and this has been obvious for years.

By the way, I maintain at
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/kicking.html#linuxbrowser a complete
list of all known Web browsers for Linux -- nothing like reviews or
recommendations, just a brief roster of all possible choices with links,
suitable as a point of departure for exploring.

Here's the text at that link -- obviously without the hyperlinks:


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Q:  Netscape sucks. Aren't there any better Linux Web browsers?

A:  (This "rant" item dates back from bygone days, circa 2000-2001, when
Netscape Communicator / Navigator was still the standard Web browser,
and it was common to troll Linux users by telling them that Netscape is
horrible compared to, say, Microsoft Internet Explorer — relying on the
mistaken assumption of Netscape being the only option Linux users had.)

Obviously, it depends on what you're looking for. But Mozilla Firefox
(formerly Firebird, formerly Phoenix) and its Firefox ESR (Extended
Support Release) variant, Firefox Beta, Developer, and Nightly (nightly
builds; formerly Firefox Aurora, formerly Mozilla Minefield), SeaMonkey
(formerly Mozilla Application Suite, formerly Netscape Communicator),
Conkeror (Firefox variant with extensive keybinding support), Dillo
(lightweight), Xombrero (lightweight), Uzbl (lightweight), qtbrowser
lightweight), Luakit (lightweight), surf+tabbed (lightweight),
qutebrowser (lightweight), Vimprobable (lightweight), dwb (lightweight;
last updated 2012 and relies on an insecure and outdated WebKit port,
hence disrecommended), lariza (lightweight), jumanji (1, 2 —
lightweight, but unmaintained since 2016), BrowseX (very small, very low
RAM, but unmaintained since 2005), Web (formerly Epiphany), Amaya
(WYSIWYG HTML editor & browser, unmaintained since 2012), Arora
(lightweight, formerly Icefox Arora), Lightweight2 (small, fast, but
unmaintained since 2011), Dooble, WCGBrowser (for kiosk use), Falkon
(lightweight, formerly QupZilla), Kazehakase (unmaintained since 2012),
Google Chromium, Gnuzilla and GNU IceCat, Midori (relatively
lightweight, clean UI), NetSurf (small, fast), Liri Browser (fast, clean
design), SkipStone (small, fast, but unmaintained since 2008), Min
(small, fast), Swiftweasel (faster, more-secure Firefox rebuild, but
unmaintained since 2010). Konqueror, Pale Moon, Waterfox, Otter Browser
(inspired by the Opera browser, based on Qt5), links (small, fast;
graphical mode), Iceweasel-UXP, Basilisk, Rekonq, and Brave Browser all
have their fans, and many also like the proprietary Opera, Vivaldi,
Slimboat (EOLed since 2015), Slimjet, SRWare Iron, and Google Chrome
browsers.

(Above are the graphical Web browsers. For completeness, these
text-console Web browsers are also around: ELinks, links (text mode),
lynx, w3m, emacs-w3m, w3mmee, Netrik, Retawq, Line Mode Browser, Debris,
Emacs/W3, and EWW.)

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As always, you are strongly urged to seek out and favour maintained
packages specifically for your Linux distribution where available,
rather than (without necessity) resorting to the upstream developer
code.  (I mention this because my page links to developer sites.)