Vivaldi as the default browser on Linux distros?

jane.n

Did you already hear the fantastic news? From today, Vivaldi is the default browser on Manjaro's Cinnamon edition!
Go get it here: https://manjaro.org/download/#cinnamon and read more about it on our blog.

Vivaldi is now the default browser on two Linux distros - Manjaro and FerenOS. Who should be next?

Catweazle

@jane-n , I suspect that there will be quite a few more to follow, with the growing discontent with Firefox that can be observed.

luetage

@jane-n Ubuntu obviously, would be the best catch. But I fear Vivaldi will have a hard time becoming default on major distros. Especially Fedora and Debian are out of question, because they only bundle open source software.

Catweazle

@luetage , in principle all distros use only OSS by default, but as you can see, the principles are relative when alternatives offer advantages.

npro

Hah, great news!

Looks slick indeed

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RealMat0s

I am very happy about this decision. I recently saw a video where he explained that Vivaldi was the best browser for Linux, and distros are starting to notice it!

joeduffus

@jane-n Mint!

paul1149

@catweazle said in Vivaldi as the default browser on Linux distros?:

in principle all distros use only OSS

This is the hangup with MX Linux. If it's not OSS, they won't put it in as default. They will make it easily available via their MX Package Installer, as they do for Vivaldi, the proprietary nVidia drivers, etc, even if it's not in normal upstream repos, but they won't install it for the user; he has to make that choice himself.

ingolftopf

I think Ubuntu derivatives are a good idea.

SSBeluga

Pop!_OS

code3

I feel like the default browser on a Linux distro should be FOSS. Vivaldi doesn’t seem like a default browser anyways, it’s for power users. It’s for people to discover themselves.

TalGarik

@catweazle said in Vivaldi as the default browser on Linux distros?:

@luetage , in principle all distros use only OSS by default, but as you can see, the principles are relative when alternatives offer advantages.

Considering that Manjaro is one of a handful of distros offering to install not FOSS stuff during installation, it makes sense

Catweazle

@talgarik , I think that at present the FOSS offer is already quite contaminated with products from large monopolies, for this to be difficult to say that FOSS is preferable to soft which is not.

The criteria should be more oriented to the product itself and the ethics offered by the creator in front of the user.
There are quite a few examples of proprietary soft, which are more secure and more respectful of user privacy than some FOSS.

FOSS is interesting for developers who know how to work with the source code, modify it and be able to create derivative projects, but for the normal user other criteria are more important.

I never tire of repeating reading the TOS and PP of the product, before using it, it does not matter whether it is FOSS or not, this can give many surprises and not always pleasant.

aidili

这会很棒，支持！全平台可用

ingolftopf

@aidili
Translation from above:
This will be great, support! Available on all platforms

Priest72

Fossapup puppy linux does offer via the quickpet vivaldi as a chosen browser to download.
Not quite certain if this constitutes a "default" but puppy users are very much aware of vivaldi and is in the list of browsers available.

Catweazle

@priest72 ,I think Vivaldi is available in the catalogs of most distros, like almost all browsers, but not as a default browser (yet).
This may change in the future, if Mozillas continues with its policy tangential to the needs of users.