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Browsers & Add-ons

Browsers

BRAVE

  • Based on Chromium
  • HTTPS Everywhere built-in
  • Blocks ads and trackers by default

Dissenter

  • Based on Brave
  • Enables you to comment on any site
    (gab account required)

Firefox

  • Privacy focused
  • More customizable
  • Less memory usage compared to Chrome

Tor

  • Based on Firefox

Waterfox

  • Based on Firefox
  • No Telemetry
  • Supports older Firefox plugins
  • Less frequent security updates

Browser Add-ons

Click on the browser icon to go to the addon store

Canvas Blocker

  • Prevents canvas fingerprinting

Additional info

Cookie AutoDelete

  • Automatically removes unused cookies

Additional info

Decentraleyes

  • Serves certain CDN files localy.
  • Saves bandwidth and protects privacy

Additional info

Facebook Container

  • Keeps Facebook in a separate web container
  • Blocks Facebook tracking on webpages

Additional Info

HTTPS
Everywhere

  • Forces sites to use HTTPS

Additional info

NoScript

  • Allows you to block Javascript
  • Makes some websites load faster
  • Breaks certain websites

Additional info

Redirector

  • Redirecting urls

UBlock Origin

  • Wide-spectrum blocker
  • Allows you to block third-party connections

Cloud Storage

Cryptomator

  • Encrypts files before sending them to the cloud

Syncthing

  • Synchronize files between devices

Pendrive

Linux Distros

Ubuntu-Based

Ubuntu

  • GNOME

Linux Mint

  • Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Lubuntu

  • LXDE or LXQT
  • Lightweight

Peppermint

  • Mixed LXDE/Xfce
  • Lightweight

Trisquel

  • MATE or LXDE
  • Fully Free Software

Xubuntu

  • Xfce
  • Lightweight

Arch-Based

Arch

  • 7+ DEs? available for the user to install

Manjaro

  • KDE, Gnome,XFCE and 13+ other DEs?

Parabola

  • LXDE and 4+ other DEs?
  • Fully Free Software

Red-Hat/Fedora-based

Cent OS

  • GNOME or KDE

Fedora

  • GNOME and 9+ other DEs?

Qubes OS

  • Xfce

Search Engines

Duck Duck Go

  • Search results from over 400 sources, such as Yahoo! and its own webcrawler
  • 4 search categories
  • Highly customizable appearance
  • Option to opt out of advertisements

Ecosia

  • Search results from Bing
  • 5 search categories
  • No appearance customization
    (unofficial dark theme)
  • Revenue generated from ads is used to plant trees across the globe

SearX

  • Customizable search sources
  • Search results from over 100 sources
  • 10 search categories
  • Several themes available

Startpage

  • Search results from Google
  • 3 search categories
  • Customizable appearance
  • Option to save your settings without a cookie
  • Anonymous View allowing you to view links and images privately

Qwant

  • Search results from Bing and its own webcrawlers
  • 5 search categories
  • Dark theme available
  • Qwant Junior
    A child friendly version
  • Qwant Lite
    A lite version
  • Qwant Music
    A section about musical artist

Social Media

Fediverse

Mastodon

  • Facebook and Twitter alternative

Peertube

  • YouTube alternative

Pixelfed

  • Instagram alternative

Other

Gab

  • Facebook and Twitter alternative

Invidious

  • Alternative YouTube front-end
  • Doesn't use any YouTube API's
  • Doesn't require JavaScript
  • No ads
  • Dark theme
  • Option to download video/audio in several formats

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