hello! as you might have noticed I haven't been able to post the changelog lately, so I figured I'd write a news thread:

• as usual we released a new LW version for each FF stable.
• I just added a bunch of documentation entries, most notably:
  • accessibility and why you might want to disable it, even though we don't by default.
  • how to use KeePassXC when you install both it and LibreWolf as Flatpak.
  • how to install uBO if you're in a country where the addons store is blocked.
  • full list.
• WebRTC should work a bit better now, you should experience less breakage.
• we maintained our usual set of patches across each release.
• this epic contains a bunch of solved issue we have been ironing out during the past few release cycles.
• in the next release we finally expect to fix the weird new tab issue on linux and the unresponsive window issue on macos; this was possible thanks to a contributor from the community who found a typo in one of our patches :-)
• there's a known issue with Firefox Sync logins.

if you have any question just ask 🐟

hello folks, v107.0 is rolling out on all platforms, if it already hasn't :-)

main changes:

• rebased to latests firefox;
• updated patches.

very minimal but enjoy!

from that issue:

> I'll be stopping providing new LibreWolf builds, and it's possible I'll abandon the port altogether in the near future. So, unless I'll find someone who will take care of the port, it would be better to remove the instructions.

more details inside, and many thanks to the person who provided the port during these months!

hello! v106.0.1 is rolling out on all platforms.

some might have already got a v106.0 update, others will be upgraded directly to the newer version as the releases were condensed into one, since they occurred within 48 hrs from each other upstream.

main changes:

• rebased to latests firefox;
• updated settings: there have been many minor changes in the past few releses, I suggest looking at the changelog of the past few versions;
• hide firefox view for now, we will eventually patch it and re-introduce it in a revisited form later on!

enjoy and be safe :-)

FYI: if you prefer to use a different instance, mickie created a librewolf community of at https://jeremmy.ml. I will try my best to keep an eye on stuff posted over there too :-)

a bit late to the party, but v104 has been released in the past few days, depending on your platform.

the changelog is very small this time, I blame august:

• all changes from firefox v104;
• updated some patches that broke;
• updated settings to v6.9, which is mostly a cleanup.

look I said it wasn't that much..but enjoy it :-)

I forgot the changelog for v102 but here's the one for v103 instead.

• all upstream fixes from FF103
• updated, fixed and deprecated patches.
  • in particular you might have noticed an issue with uBO disappearing, it's now fixed.
• add release for OpenSuse Tumbleweed.
• updated build documentation.
• updated base macOS SDK to 11+.
• updated settings to v6.7.
  • as the upstream cookie pref migration is finished you should no longer experience lost cookies.
  • IPv6 is no longer disabled by default.
• updated some description in the UI.
• fix printing in flatpak.

an even more detailed issue and merge request overview is available in the meta for v103.

if you want to contribute check our gitlab, follow the labels and the epic for the next release. if you want to report something please use gitlab, follow the guidelines and check known issues.

a reminder from our FAQ, for anyone doing it wrong.

we back again with a new release, out on some platforms, building on others.

main changes:

• all upstream fixes from firefox v101.0.
• settings v6.5, mostly a minor cleanup.
• multi-language support in the UI for all versions of the browser, all fully rebranded.
• windows releases and source tarballs are now signed.

enjoy, and as always feedback is appreciated :-)

hello, the new release is out on all platforms.

main changes:

• all upstream fixes from firefox v100.0, happy birthday!
• easter egg to celebrate v100 :-)
• settings v6.4, meaning:
  • improved robustness of certificate revocation false positives, in case of corner cases.
  • UI for cookie clearing is now more consistent.
• updated uBO.
• patched new theme UI if RFP is enabled.
• rebased some patches.
• remapped some more links in the UI.

we also have a known issue that causes the main page to display as empty. we worked on a fix and it will be included in the next release.

the content of our website has also been updated, including the faq and the addons sections.

peace 🐠

a great post that was published a few years ago on Matt Traudt's blog with some tips for people using Tor and the Tor Browser.

it also addresses common misconceptions like disabling JS and using fingerprinting tests, which unfortunately I see floating around every other day on the internet.

hello, the new release should be out on all platforms. sorry for the delay we had some slowdowns with the settings and then a good portion of our patches needed a rebase. we should have done stuff earlier but personal life got in the way, but well here we are in the end :-)

main changes:

• based on firefox 99.
• settings v6.1, which means:
  • removed some settings that became deprecated in v99.
  • general cleanup to remove some redundant prefs.
• updated librewolf specific UI:
  • we had to fully rebase it.
  • new option to enable firefox sync. requires a restart atm.
  • new option to harden cross origin referrers even further. I noticed it looks slightly broken, it might need a fix during the next few days.
• updated uBO.
• remapped a bunch of UI links.
• fixed more patches.
• increased security of the build process by checking mozilla's signature on the source code.

again sorry it took 4-5 days rather than the usual 1 to 3 days. enjoy!

a portion of the arkenfox wiki where a bunch of popular, yet unnecessary, extensions are discussed. make good use of it :-)

hello :-) as usual the new librewolf release is on its way or already out, depending on your platform.

main changes:

• based on firefox 98.
• settings v6.0, which means:
  • OCSP is now enabled for cases in which CRL cannot check a certificate and we need a fallback. OCSP will be stapled and in hard-fail mode, so that privacy and security are as good as they can be.
    • as a nice side effect this fixed OCSP's UI.
  • force custom mode for history.
    • always on private browsing and other modes are also hidden in the UI as they provide no benefit.
• tracking protection UI is now also hidden as we decided to got for strict mode and nothing else. we noticed most users were flipping it as they wrongly assumed it caused breakage so we figured it was best to hide it to avoid confusion. a nice disclaimer was added instead.
• update uBO and its assets.
• windows portable can now be run everywhere and the folder where it resides can also be moved around.

the MR that updates the documentation is also done and waiting to be merged soon. I hope y'all stay safe during these difficult times in europe, enjoy the release.

hello everyone, new librewolf release on the way or already out, depending on your platform.

main changes:

• based on firefox 97.
• thanks to bsys5 it is now possible to build librewolf inside a docker container on all platforms and for all platforms. two of our core members have done a terrific job with this.
• the source repo has received some more love as we added and documented more stuff. building should be easier than ever.
• settings v5.5 which means:
  • history is no longer disabled but just cleared on close.
  • stripping of tracking elements from urls, both natively and by fetching and enabling an extra list in uBO when a new profile is created.
    • some of you might have noticed how this was introduced a release ago.
    • the uBO lists will not be changed for new profiles to avoid changing users settings.
  • TLS downgrades are now session-only.
  • for user convenience it is now possible to enable firefox sync in librewolf with one click.
  • the settings list has been reordered and some more documentation has been added.
• the about menu and the librewolf specific UI have received some minor cosmetic changes.

next step is probably updating the website to reflect the changes in this release.

as usual feedback is appreciated but do not get issue happy as we just closed 150+ old ones where users didn't provide details for, or where they simply didn't read the faq. joking, but not completely.

enjoy!

I'm currently working on re-evaluating our search engine selection (reading privacy policies and all that good stuff), to see what to keep, remove, maybe add. I figured I might use some input from lemmy.

• what do you use out of the ones we include? is anyone actually using search engines like qwant and metager?
• do you add any search engine to librewolf?

if you're curious bout my notes on this -> https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/settings/-/issues/111