I used IronFox for a couple years and it suddenly stopped getting updates, and it took me a few months to realize and switch to something else. I don’t want that to happen again.
I like the idea of librewolf, especially that it’s just a patch set on top of Firefox, but someone needs to maintain that patch set. This would be fine for simpler software, but browsers are complex and I just worry that updates will stall out with little warning.
Certainly a valid concern, but it’s true with any software. I think enough people (techies especially) are using LibreWolf that a lack of updates would be visible quickly.
Perhaps. But a browser is something I’d prefer to just forget about and not track updates. So it’s very likely that I won’t check if it has gotten updates for a few months.
Librewolf has sync disabled, but if you enable that it’s as easy as signing in. If it goes to shit like you’re worried about, you still have it syncing
as I understand their build system is automatic. updates are not, but they have an update checker companion thing, and flathub too can manage that if you install from there
Update frequency/latency hasn’t been an issue in the 2 years I’ve been using it.
https://librewolf.net/#what-is-librewolf
Sure, but what about in 2 years from now?
I used IronFox for a couple years and it suddenly stopped getting updates, and it took me a few months to realize and switch to something else. I don’t want that to happen again.
I like the idea of librewolf, especially that it’s just a patch set on top of Firefox, but someone needs to maintain that patch set. This would be fine for simpler software, but browsers are complex and I just worry that updates will stall out with little warning.
Certainly a valid concern, but it’s true with any software. I think enough people (techies especially) are using LibreWolf that a lack of updates would be visible quickly.
Perhaps. But a browser is something I’d prefer to just forget about and not track updates. So it’s very likely that I won’t check if it has gotten updates for a few months.
Two years is enough time for Firefox itself to cease to exist. Cross that bridge when you burn it
Maybe? It’s a lot less likely for FF to disappear than LibreWolf.
Agreed. But it’s still too far of a timeframe to be worried about imo
Yeah, perhaps I’ll try it out. I’ve made most of the changes they did in my config though.
Do you use Firefox sync already?
Yup. Switching won’t be a big deal.
Librewolf has sync disabled, but if you enable that it’s as easy as signing in. If it goes to shit like you’re worried about, you still have it syncing
as I understand their build system is automatic. updates are not, but they have an update checker companion thing, and flathub too can manage that if you install from there