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   Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 06:22:28 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

   Gnome/#KDE users. Do you use #Gnome Web/Konqueror as your main web browser? #opensource

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:06:46 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     It seems like almost nobody uses these by default.

     So with this in mind, contentiously, what *is* the default (graphical*) browser for Linux? Is it Firefox, or is it Chromium/something else?

     (*graphical browser before someone says wget/curl/w3m/lynx/emacs/bind)

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     popey (popey@ubuntu.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:16:01 JST popey

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     @mattl Ubuntu is the largest (by userbase) Linux desktop. It ships Firefox by default. Firefox on Ubuntu is/was a significantly sized userbase. Significant from Mozilla's perspective. So you could argue yes, Firefox is defacto the "default" (graphical) browser on desktop Linux.

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:21:04 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • popey

     @popey Thanks. I thought Ubuntu was moving to Chromium, but I guess not. It's been a while since I've installed desktop Ubuntu from scratch..

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:38:31 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • popey

     @popey Last time I bought a Dell Ubuntu machine I don't think it did (that was 2014/5) but I think my misunderstanding comes from watching random YouTube videos about single board computers which come with unofficial Ubuntu images that probably include Chromium.

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     popey (popey@ubuntu.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:38:32 JST popey

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     @mattl I think "We can switch to Chromium" is a great tool when negotiating the amount of revenue Firefox gets out of the search engine money. It's a surprisingly low percentage, but still a large number. Interestingly if you *buy* an Ubuntu machine from Dell or Lenovo, you get Firefox *and* Chrome (not Chromium) which may be why you might think that.

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     Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:41:14 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

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     @mattl yes, I use and love Web! I keep Firefox around for WebRTC and Widevine stuff, but otherwise use Web. It’s gotten continuously leaps and bounds better each release over the past several years.

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:47:51 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • popey

     @popey I have that on my Steam Deck, which is the closest I get to desktop Linux these days. Everything else is a Linux server... mostly Ubuntu, but some CentOS/RHEL and some Debian.

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     popey (popey@ubuntu.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 00:47:52 JST popey

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     @mattl I use Microsoft Edge btw. :D

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 01:43:14 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     @popey Are we Steam friends? 'paaux4' is me over there.

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     popey (popey@ubuntu.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 01:43:16 JST popey

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     @mattl The Deck is just amazing. I love that thing.

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     Phil M (pmarrone@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 01:47:46 JST Phil M

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     @mattl I’m far more interested in what rendering engine the distros use for the networked OS features. It’s not what you’re asking here but if we expanded the discussion a little I would be very curious.

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 01:47:46 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • Phil M

     @pmarrone What networked OS features are those? Do you mean when a desktop app shows a web view?

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 03:08:07 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • aeva

     @aeva It's okay, because... lol

     GNU Too repeated this.
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     aeva (aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 03:08:08 JST aeva

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     @mattl obviously GNU Ice Wheezle with the plugin that warns you if there's UNLICENSED JAVASCRIPT on a website, a good and normal default that all users want ?