LibreWolf is my standard desktop browser. It is a Firefox fork that makes my llfe easier by having sensible privacy defaults out of the box.
As I am currently on a Debian based distribution (Ubuntu, likely transitioning to Mint), following these instructions.
Because of its shipping defaults, I have found LibreWolf quick and painless to configure. Here are the changes I make in Settings after installing:
- Home > Homepage and new windows > Custom URLs: enter my personal homepage URL
- Privacy & Security > Enhanced Tracking Protection > Strict > Fix major site issues: Check (enable)
- Privacy & Security > Delete cookies and site data when LibreWolf is closed: Uncheck (disable)
- LibreWolf > Enable Firefox Sync: Checked (enable)
- LibreWolf > Fingerprining > Enable ResistFingerprinting: Uncheck (disable) [1]
- Sync > Sign in using Firefox account
- uBlock Origin (installed and enabled by default)
- Bitwarden (password manager, bitwarden.com)
- Dark Reader (the "save my vision for retirement" extension, darkreader.org)
Automatically save bookmarks to a bookmarks.html file:
Add the following lines to ~/.librewolf/librewolf.overrides.cfg:
pref("browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML", true);
pref("browser.bookmarks.file", "/home/myusername/bookmarks.html"); File will be saves to root of home directory specified.
[1] By default, LibreWolf enables Mozilla's Resist Fingerprinting (RFP, privacy.resistFingerpinting), but this interferes with my too much of my workflow. Disabling it leaves basic Fingerpring Protection (FPP, privacy.fingerprintingProtection) in place. In additon to that built-in protection, uBlock Origin also works to suppress fingerprinting,