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These days when I use Firefox I want to disable or remove half the functionality and distractions before I settle into using it.

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Firefox 1.0 was much lighter and faster than many other browsers at the time because it was 'just a browser' and didn't cram in an e-mail client, torrent client, sync options, ActiveX support, and so on.

It handled bookmarks and web browsing and little else. Around 15 years ago I often recommended Firefox because it was 'just a web browser'. I'm also not thrilled with how much functionality Mozilla tries to cram into Firefox. (full image size: 92kB, resolution: 1326x768 pixels) This has been consistent across multiple machines (both mine and office machines) and across multiple network locations. Most versions of Firefox (from about version 3 or 4 onward) have run noticeably slower on my equipment than virtually every other browser. The first is that the browser is quite heavy. However, there are two main reasons I've shied away from adopting Firefox. I use Firefox on my phone and it is shipped as the default browser in most desktop Linux distributions. Mozilla's browser has a long track record of being stable, standards compliant, cross-platform, and capable. The first and perhaps most obvious choice for someone like me is Firefox. I'd also like to talk about where I ended up and why. I'd like to quickly provide a rundown of some of the popular browsers I tried recently and what I liked and didn't like about them. Luckily, for me, many Linux distributions ship with different default browsers and this gives me an opportunity to test a range of options. My previous long-term browser, Falkon, appears to have been discontinued two years ago and I've been casting about to see if there is an alternative which might suit me. Recently I've been drifting a bit in terms of browsers. (full image size: 812kB, resolution: 1237x1024 pixels) I might run Firefox or Chrome for a week, but then I'm back to whatever was working for me before, often because I've grown accustomed to shortcut keys or having my bookmarks sorted a certain way. Along the way I've occasionally used other browsers, either for testing purposes or when working with a client, or just to see what 'this new Chromium thing is everyone keeps talking about', but I tend to be a creature of habit when it comes to browsers. The QupZilla browser got rebranded to Falkon shortly before it was put out to pasture. I used Opera almost exclusively for about a decade (from around 2002-2010), then mostly used QupZilla from then on. While I bounce around from one Linux distribution to the next like a hyper-active flea on its sixth cup of coffee, it's not very often I switch from one web browser to another. Selecting a new web browser and feeling Brave Listen to the Podcast edition of this week's DistroWatch Weekly in OGG (11MB) and MP3 (9MB) formats. Upcoming releases: Fedora 35, Tails 4.24, FreeBSD 12.3 BETA3.

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Tips and tricks: Finding the right words, sorting filesystem snapshots, truncating audio files.News: Debian calls for port maintenance, TrueNAS SCALE launched, DragonFly BSD supports creating FAT volumes, Project Trident enters 'sunset' phase.Review: Selecting a new web browser and feeling Brave.We wish you all a fabulous week and happy reading!

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We talk about how to find dictionary words matching certain patterns, sorting ZFS snapshots, and truncating audio files. Our Tips and Tricks column this week explores a number of command line tools for preforming simple, useful tasks. We also report on Project Trident slowly phasing itself out of existence. Meanwhile the Debian project calls on porters to continue work on less popular CPU architectures and DragonFly BSD announces support for creating FAT storage volumes. Then, in our News section, we talk about the TrueNAS project launching TrueNAS SCALE, a Debian-based platform for large storage needs. Which is your favourite web browser? Let us know your preference in this week's Opinion Poll. This week we begin with a look at some popular web browsers for Linux as Jesse Smith searches for a new one to be his portal to the web. Since the web browser takes up an ever-increasing amount of a person's time and attention these days, picking the right one for you is important. Regardless of which operating system you run, chances are you spend a lot of time on-line, running a web browser. Usually here on DistroWatch we talk about experimenting with open source operating systems, typically Linux distributions. Welcome to this year's 43rd issue of DistroWatch Weekly!