An operating system with all the usual tools, but without news and ads

[Aaron Rainbolt]

Give Falkon a shot. Just "sudo apt install falkon" in a terminal, type
your password, press "Y" when asked to confirm, and boom. I've never
seen any ads in there, and it even blocks ads in other websites by
default, which is good for security and sanity.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 2:10 AM Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> does anybody know a web browser that is similar to Firefox, but
> does not require every now and then to waste time by removing
> "sponsored shortcuts"? And/or does anybody know a Chrome/Edge etc.
> alike web browser that doesn't every now and then adds "advertisements"?
> The platform can be Windows and/or iPadOS and/or Linux. I don't care, I
> just don't like ads, unwanted web feeds and all that crap. I even would
> pay one time 200,- € or even more, but I'm not willing to pay for an
> abo. the web browser doesn't need to be for free as in beer.
>
> Today I got an ADIDAS shortcut when opening Firefox. Yes, just a button
> to open the link and that button was easy to remove. However, for me
> that's already a real pain (I really feel pain). If today somebody from
> ADIDAS management or a Firefox developer would cross my path I would
> turn violent. I'm a pacifist, but I can't tolerate stupid
> intrusiveness. For me Computers are tools. I want to keep my mind free
> and enjoy my work, but I can't keep my mind free, if news tell me that
> there is another war or that ADIDAS sells sports shoes. It makes me
> sick.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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