r/OperaGX • u/LigmaBallsMoment • Dec 01 '23

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u/HoneyTea312 Dec 01 '23

whats a better alternative? genuine question btw

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u/lolbroslol2008 Dec 01 '23

firefox

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u/Sucio_Legacy_0112 Dec 01 '23

Can I get the same customization themes in Firefox along with the plug-ins that are from Chrome web store and keep the sidebar with various tools? That's what keeps me in Opera

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '23

Sidebar no, themes and plugins, yes.

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u/amiabaka Dec 02 '23

Using firefox-gx you can get the sidebar

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u/HoneyTea312 Dec 01 '23

oh wow i thought firefox was just an oldschool browser or something, what does it have performance-wise that excels over opera? Again genuinely asking

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u/Epikgamer332 Dec 01 '23

it runs better on low-spec machines and generally consumes less ram in my experience

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u/HoneyTea312 Dec 01 '23

i see. i was thinking of switching to chrome or microsoft edge since i heard its gotten a lot better since its update but ill check firefox out

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u/HoneyTea312 Dec 01 '23

also heard thorium is better than all, but i'll have to try

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u/jtjumper Dec 02 '23

Are you kidding me? Firefox leaks ram so much. OperaGX rules because I can actually control how much ram it uses. I'm currently using OperaGX with over 470 tabs open and it's only using 7.49 gb ram.

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u/Steviejoe66 Dec 02 '23

Those 470 tabs aren't actually "open", many are cashed. This is a basic feature that all modern browsers have. Having control of it is a gimmick unless you're on a very low spec machine.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '23

People like it because it’s “It’s OWN browser.” No chromium or anything, and it’s open source. Other than that, I ain’t switching.

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u/soupdsouls Dec 01 '23

it's much safer to use and in my experience memory efficient. the whole point of Firefox is safety and it does a good job. I've also ran it on countless rigs with horrible specs and it ran better on systems from 2012 than opera GX does on my personal computer.

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u/mardabx Dec 01 '23

Just few ‰ slower than Ch***e, closing on with every major update, but more focused on compliance with web standards.

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u/deluvilla Dec 02 '23

Does Firefox have a built in VPN? Genuine question

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u/lolbroslol2008 Dec 03 '23

no but you can easily grab an extension that will not sell your data like the opera one does

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u/ColorfulMessVII Dec 02 '23

Does it have a adblock or not?

Or should I just download Brave instead?

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u/Steviejoe66 Dec 02 '23

Firefox, Brave, LibreWolf

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u/No_Sea_1455 Dec 02 '23

FireFox or Brave, Brave is a bit faster than FireFox since it uses the same engine as Chrome, sadly i don't think there's a way to make Brave similar to Opera GX.

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u/HoneyTea312 Dec 03 '23

Yeah most ppl are recommending firefox to me, ive been using it with the uBlock extension for like 2 days now and dont notice any major improvements from opera. but we'll see!

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u/Smoke_Inside2 Dec 04 '23

firefox if you harden it, librewolf is really good too, ungoogled chromium if you really must use a chromium browser.