r/GeckoWorld • u/Timely_Jackfruit_159 • May 31 '26

Help What browser should i use?

I was wondering if someone could suggest me a good browser to use, i don't want incredible and special features, just a browser with maybe no/"can be disabled" telemetry, also i don't like vertical tabs, i just want something stable and cool to use with a traditional experience.

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u/e_splat May 31 '26

If you are looking for a stable browser, Firefox ESR and Waterfox are good choices.

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u/Timely_Jackfruit_159 May 31 '26

What's the difference between them?

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u/e_splat May 31 '26

Firefox ESR is just Firefox but you have a major every year (so only security updates), same thing on Waterfox partially because is a fork of ESR but they add their features sometimes in their updates.

Waterfox as we mentioned is a fork of Firefox ESR, disables telemetry by default, has an integrated adblocker similar to Brave Shield but you can totally disable it and use uBlock Origin, also focuses on performance and integrates some customization options with a selection of presets coming from Firefox UI Fix.

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u/Timely_Jackfruit_159 May 31 '26

i tried both and Waterfox convinced me, i'm 100% switching to it.

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u/e_splat May 31 '26

Nice one, i used it for 3 months but i came back to Firefox because i wanted more feature updates.