![]() ![]() Note, what above may appear as the last couple of lines is actually just one long line beginning with LD_LIBRARY and ending with "$LAUNCHDIR/libre" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LAUNCHDIR/:$LAUNCHDIR/extralibs$ "$LAUNCHDIR/firefox" -profile "$LAUNCHDIR/libre" I then edited the ‘ff’ file in the librefo圆4 folder to be named ‘lf’ [small ‘l’ (phonetic ‘el’) and to read: So I duplicated my portable-firefo圆4 folder giving the duplicate the name ‘librefo圆4’. Except that ‘js’ is an acronym for java-script I know nothing about these and was concerned that librefox’s version might interfere with my expectations for the functioning of firefox when I chose NOT to employ librefox. (portable-)firefox has its own defaults/pref/ folder with a different script. But one of the files contained in the download was /defaults/pref/local-setting.js. I had intended to merely add it as a ‘profile’ option to my current firefox-portable: add a ‘lf’ script to start firefox by duplicating>editing its current ‘ff’ script, and creating a ‘libre’ profile in addition to the current ‘profile’ created and called by ‘ff’. ![]() The librefox enhancements can be deployed by downloading Librefox-2.1-Firefox-Linux-64.0.0.zip from here,, extracting it, and copying the extracted files into a firefox-portable folder. Librefox offers a couple of addons of its own AFAIK only available when it’s been employed. But –not surprisingly- firefox modified by the librefox enhancements accepted the addons I had used previously. However, while Brinkmann suggests that it can use firefox’s current profile my attempt to do so using firefox-portable was unsuccessful*. The upside is that it works with the latest version of firefox and even fredx181’s portable. The downside is that it appears not to have been updated since 2018. ancements/ “.The project uses the Ghacks user.js and other information to create a browser that offers better privacy and security out of the box.” Rather, as explained by Martin Brinkmann. There being several 'mozilla & clones' web-browsers which can be hardened I've decided it's not worth my time to diagnose the issues presented by a method which was last maintained 4 years ago. But it's worth exploring.Įdit Mar 20, 22: Maybe worth exploring, but not by me. (Please note that the version displayed is the version of the source tarball used to compile librewolf.)ĭownload: LibreWolf 96.0.3 | Portable | Other Operating Systems ~70.64-bit only, and I have some doubts. ![]() In the about box, the version with release is now displayed.(Now filtering tracking parameters in URL's.) Patch to uBlock Origin handling to add more blocklists by default.Now using the new librewolf-portable.exe launcher in the portable zip.- Multi-platform (Windows/Linux/Mac/and soon Android).Extensions firewall: limit internet access for extensions.In other words, minimal background connections by default. No phoning home - Embedded server links and other calling home functions are removed.As a result, it can be installed alongside Firefox or any other browser. Independent Build - LibreWolf uses a build independent of Firefox and has its own settings, profile folder and installation path.You will have the the latest features, and security updates. Latest Firefox - LibreWolf is compiled directly from the latest build of Firefox Stable. ![]()
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