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Orion for Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Kagi has released a new beta of Orion for Linux, a WebKitGTK-based port of its popular browser for macOS and IOS.

Is it popular though? I've never even heard of it. Of course that doesn't mean it can't be popular but I'd say I'm usually fairly up to date on the whole browser situation

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago*

    probably about as popular as their search engine that you pay for. Either you absolutely love it or you absolutely hate it.

    I briefly used both their search engine and Orion on another OS. I wasn't impressed with either and could never justify the monthly cost.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The only reason I used it was when I was on iOS, where every browser is based on WebKit anyways (mandated by big Apple), so all the browsers were basically Safari in the backend, the only difference was that Orion had support for both Chrome and Firefox extensions which is pretty neat. I only had uBlock Origin installed, but that was better than all the alternatives (which have no extension support on iOS)

    On Linux, the browser ecosystem is a bit more competitive with Firefox and Chromium based options, so there is no reason to install a closed-source WebKit browser!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Thankfully, I'm now on Android where browsers are more competitive as well, and I can use a Firefox-based browser that supports extensions too (more so than Orion since it is properly supported, so I am able to install more extensions)!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I Orion, started using it from the last big browser uproar a few years ago when everyone was leaving chrome again and when users left Reddit for here. Since Mac is my daily computer and Orion and some of their fans were pitching that it’s more secure that Firefox and Brave, don’t know much about it today. Their key points are, you can use Firefox and chrome extensions- faster browser- VPN tunneling to search engines and that it’s the only browser than safari that can communicate to the OS/computer to use Apple features that only Safari can do that no one else can. Also they built in ad blocker is nice when streaming anime.

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