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Not a Firefox Fork! Kagi's Orion Browser Arrives on Linux as a Public Beta (itsfoss.com)
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Kagi is best known for its privacy-focused search engine, but the company has been quietly building out a broader ecosystem of tools for people who would rather pay for software than be the product.

One of those tools is Orion, a web browser built on WebKit, the same engine that powers Safari, with a strong focus on privacy and customization.

Unlike most browsers you will come across on Linux, Orion is not a Chromium derivative or a Firefox fork. It is a fresh build that has earned a reputation for being fast, lightweight, and flexible, with support for extensions from Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

For a long time, that experience was exclusive to macOS and iOS users. But that has changed as Kagi has been working on bringing Orion to Linux. After an alpha phase limited to Orion+ subscribers, the team has opened things up with an early beta build for everyone to try out.

๐Ÿšง Orion is not open source software; we covered the application because it's available for Linux.

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[โ€“] devtoolkit_api@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting that Kagi is making their browser available on Linux. The key question is: does it actually respect privacy better than Firefox?

Firefox with the right configuration (Enhanced Tracking Protection strict mode, uBlock Origin, DNS-over-HTTPS) is already very solid. The main advantage of a WebKit-based browser would be rendering diversity โ€” reducing the monoculture risk of everything being Chromium.

One thing worth checking with any new browser: what headers does it send, and how unique is its fingerprint? A privacy-focused browser that sends distinctive headers could actually make you more identifiable, not less.

[โ€“] robbo@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've used this browser on my phone for a while, it's whatever. I won't bother with the linux browser. However, I use kagi in general to get search results more like how google used to be. But I ended up paying for their assistant since it's a "select any model and use it" version which at minimum allowed me to compare models easily.

[โ€“] chasteinsect@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every time I see Kagi mentioned I need to remind that they're using Yandex index, therefore supporting Russia directly. http://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo

Do what you want with that info. I did not get enough value out of them to pay a monthly fee + support this BS.

[โ€“] robbo@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah I don't care about that virtue signaling bs.

[โ€“] paequ2@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Orion is not open source software

More like itsNOTfoss.com, amirite