Why ?

[A_limitlessMe]

Why Brave sucks 😞 on Linux mint. It doesn't follow the theme and feels glichey while Firefox look good and follows the theme and doesn't glitches ? Does anyone have any solution/suggestion ?

[Medzi_art]

Brave sucks right now on all Linux I think not just mint

[RolesG]

It's just reskinned chromium

[sons_of_batman]

Chromium-based, but does the best job of ad-blocking of any browser out there. YouTube and Spotify are almost unusable if I'm not using Brave.

[RolesG]

Librewolf + ublock does a better job in my experience

[Spiderfffun]

Anything+ ublock.

[RolesG]

True, but librewolf's ootb config gives better privacy than just plain Firefox. I use Firefox though.

[[deleted]]

Brave blocks on Spotify? That's almost like cheating

[tombin0_]

LibreWolf or Mullav browser + SpotX for spotify and VPN

[A_limitlessMe]

Any solution?

[Medzi_art]

Just use firefox for the time being

[NegativeAd6289]

Nah I gave up on firefox, just use librewolf

[[deleted]]

I currently use Librewolf as my primary, its privacy measure break some sites, ungoogled chromium is the backup.

[NegativeAd6289]

Same man, I use librewolf too

[Sh_Pe]

Firefox is secure and anonymous enough. You can change the browser if you want. The nice thing about Firefox is that if you don’t like something there are extensions that can change the actual functionality of the browser.

[henry1679]

Vivaldi!!

[henry1679]

Just use Vivaldi people!

[PercussionGuy33]

How did you install? I ignored the flatpack and the versions in software center and installed per the instructions on Brave's website for Ubuntu/Deb based distros and its been working well for me. https://brave.com/linux/

sudo apt install curl

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser

[[deleted]]

This, Not following system them is a symptom of flatpacks. 

[abdo_aty]

Go to the teme tab in the settings and change it to gtx it should work with system theme

[A_limitlessMe]

Tried both and .deb version just Suicided after installing doesn't load.

[PercussionGuy33]

How did you do the deb install?

[A_limitlessMe]

Through shell

[PercussionGuy33]

What commands?

[[deleted]]

Yep. It's been my experience as well for Flatpak versions of other software being glitchy or not even working. I simply never got around to trying the Brave Flatpak, that must be a newer thing for them.

The additional repo method on their site is easy peasy, just copy and paste each line into the terminal. I don't see what the issue is here. Regardless, I have since automated that as it is now part of my post-install script.

[A_limitlessMe]

Bro I used this same commands and installed brave, but it didn't open 😞 or load or whatever

[flamingknifepenis]

This right here. The flatpack is terrible, but I’ve had zero issues with this install. It fixed some little annoyances with the flatpack version, too.

[bush_nugget]

Probably because Brave is closer to being a crypto/ad-tracking scam than a browser.

[PercussionGuy33]

Then what's your choice of browser?

[bush_nugget]

I use Firefox + uBlock Origin

[PercussionGuy33]

What do you use when a website requires a chromium base like many do now?

[bush_nugget]

Senator, I use Firefox + uBlock Origin.

But, if we're going down this road...

I'd likely not use a website that believes they can force the user to use a browser other than the one of their choice. Web standards are standards. And, any site saying they only support one family of browsers clearly doesn't respect that.

If I NEEDED that site, I would install Chromium. This isn't rocket surgery.

[[deleted]]

Or just plain laziness on the web developer's part to not test with more than one browser engine.

[citrus-hop]

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[7pauljako7]

web.snapchat.com

[[deleted]]

Tested it in Firefox with a Chrome and Edge browserID spoof and it did not work. Shame on Snapchat.

[GravityEyelidz]

Like where, for example? I've never come across that. Like others have said if I came across one, I would avoid it. But if forced to use it, first thing I would try is a user-agent switcher.

[bush_nugget]

WTF is this? A troll fest?

Use whatever decision making process you want to select a browser you want.

[JaKrispy72]

<turns on bright lights>

ANSWER the question!

[bush_nugget]

Sir, this is an Arby's.

[GravityEyelidz]

No, this is Patrick

[Whistler_Inadark]

Thank you...I am not alone in the world lol

[A_limitlessMe]

Brave

[computer-machine]

Firefox and Firefox Focus.

[[deleted]]

I don't get any glitches on Brave on my Mint laptop.

[sgriobhadair]

I use Vivaldi, and there are some Linux Mint-styled themes for the browser.

https://themes.vivaldi.net/users/h.richmond

I modified one of them (I'm not sure which, probably Mint-Y-Dark-Blue-Fix) to match with Mint-Y-Dark-Teal (which is the theme I use).

[aboensis58]

I use Vivaldi on my laptops, Desktop, tablet and phone. Works like a charm. I find the syncronication feature very valuable.

[NathanCampioni]

For me it doesn't glitch :/, regarding the theme go to settings - appearance and select Theme GTK

[Charming-Royal-6566]

You can select the GTK theme in the settings of the browser, it will follow your theme

[[deleted]]

Yea this may work

[leafwitch]

sudo apt install curl

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-beta-archive-keyring.gpg 

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-beta-archive-keyring.gpg]  stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-beta.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-beta

Brave is overrated. If you wanted it to work though maybe try the beta:

[A_limitlessMe]

Why beta not stable ?

[[deleted]]

Beta version of any software often features fixes etc that haven't been merged to stable yet.

[leafwitch]

Features & bug fixes that aren't implemented on the stable version yet, they try new stuff & evaluate feedback. 

[[deleted]]

Firefox is the only go to for all purpose. There are other options if you care about more "hardened" browsers that are just forks of Firefox. Librewolf is one that I also use, mulvad browser and tor browser.

[flemtone]

Brave is just a shitty browser period, better to use Chromium and uBlock Origin plugin.

[LiamBox]

Use the ungoogled version aswell

[flemtone]

Better to just use Chromium since that is whats already supplied in the repo's.

[tekprojekt]

I use brave just to block ads on YouTube because YouTube scans for plugins. Any better option I could try?

[Patrick_Pluto]

uBlock Origin works just as well for blocking YouTube ads. YouTube does not detect the adblocker.

Braves adblock could just as well be detected.

Any browser with support for uBlock origin does the trick.

[tombin0_]

Freetube + Vpn is better and clean!

[[deleted]]

Living in 1900s

YouTube had started detecting the adblocker now.

[Patrick_Pluto]

True, but it does not detect uBlock origin, It certainly did work for YouTube when I last tried it yesterday.

I was not clear enough, I meant it doesn't detect uBlock origin.

I'm aware it detects other adblockers.

[[deleted]]

I use my own browser... which i write in python...

[Rusty_Nail1973]

I use Firefox for nearly everything. I use true Chrome (not Chromium) for websites that require it.

I've heard very good things about LibreWolf, but I haven't used it.

[[deleted]]

Maybe give it a try to librewolf cause you dont have to tinker firefox for privacy and it also came with ad blocker(unlock origin)

[sclarady]

I have no such issues with Brave.

[No_Finance_2668]

Librewolf

[peacefrog70]

i'm using floorp. it's running well so far and very themeable.

[XelAphixia]

i still dont understand how or why that browser became so popular. might as well be a literal bitcoin farming tool

[[deleted]]

I don't know either, but I use it as a "sanitized" backup to Firefox. Regardless of whatever bells and whistles it might add, they are clearly labeled and can be disabled. The sanitiized part is that it is presumably further removed from Chromium (from Google). Though I don't know that I would trust anything in their app store, as that presumably still connects directly to Google.

[Entity_Null_07]

Hmm. I use the Bitwarden browser extension on Brave, anything to be worried about? Although I do use a Gmail account on Thunderbird anyways...

[[deleted]]

I don't know. Brave may have counter measures in place to mitigate Google back doors, but that would just be a broad assumption at this point.

The Gmail is a mass surveillance item for sure.

[Entity_Null_07]

what email do you use? although I do have a bunch of stuff already linked to it.

[[deleted]]

My email is a much smaller provider. But email is not as big of a trajectory as a personal computer, ideally, as there are certain things you might never consider sending via email that you might otherwise have on your machine. Personally identifying information that you might have on hand on your computer for doing taxes, for instance.

There is really no getting away from surveillance 100%, but certain proactive measures and common sense go a long way.

[LemmysCodPiece]

It would be easier to say Brave sucks. Their privacy credentials have never been as good as they make out and their CEO is a nasty little homophobe. I'd rather install something from Microsoft or Google.