An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.
  • Deebster@programming.devEnglish
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    29 days ago

    I have mixed feeling about this one. I’m on the newsletter as a Kagi + Linux user, but I’m not sure I’ll make this my daily driver once it’s ready.

    I have diversified my tech, using self-hosted and/or open source where possible. Orion is closed-source, and from the same company I use for my search, translation, etc. I trust Kagi far more than I trust Google, but I still don’t want all my eggs in one basket.

    It’s obviously good that we’re getting alternatives in the browser market, but I don’t know how much work they’ve done outside of the UI - is this effectively a reskin of Apple Safari in the same way we have the Chromium-based browsers that are dependent on Google’s developers?

    I like that they have “native support for both Chrome and Firefox extensions”, which means I should be able to replicate my Firefox setup in Orion. I guess I’ll need to try it.