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Privacy-focused browser for Linux, macOS and Windows. Made in collaboration between @torproject and @mullvad
https://mullvad.net/browser
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[Suggestion] On Linux, MB should run on Wayland by default #136

Open rideandrain opened 1 year ago

rideandrain commented 1 year ago

On Linux, MB appears to default to xWayland. Type in about:support, Graphics > Window Protocol to verify.

As pointed out in https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/mullvad-browser-on-wayland/12335, MB being a privacy focused browser, should naturally prefer Wayland over xWayland for its improved security.

If X11 support is a concern, at least a configurable toggle should be made available to highlight that a tradeoff between security and compatibility has been made. Currently, users must enter MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 into MB's env vars to force it to use Wayland. It is also not obvious that xWayland is being used. I myself only discovered this when troubleshooting for #134.

ruihildt commented 6 months ago

Mullvad Browser will run in Wayland by default from 14.0.

This is because we rely on Firefox ESR, and the next ESR will support Wayland by default.