Browser

About

AXP.OS comes with its own WebView implementation and browser named AOSmium and build by the AXP.OS project.

The WebView is built-in and will be automatically kept updated with OS updates.
Out-of-Band updates can be installed manually via: Releases.
The builds there are properly signed so you can safely use them without trouble on next OTA update.

Note: At the moment it is unclear if or when there will be an F-Droid version for the webview or the browser.

Features

• Chromium-based
• Fork of Mulch by the Divested Computing Group
• Security focused (using Vanadium’s patches)
• Minimizing anti-features
• While there are some privacy patches applied becoming a “privacy” browser is out of scope
• See the README for technical details and all credits

Recommended settings

Some of these settings may not be available or may already be set depending on browser. The cowboy 🤠 emoji is used to denote settings recommended for advanced/less annoyed users.

(Credits to DivestOS)

• 🤠 Privacy and security > Clear browsing data > At Startup > Check all boxes below
• Privacy and security > Safe Browsing > Standard protection
• 🤠 Privacy and security > Safe Browsing > Enhanced protection, at the cost of potentially reduced privacy
• Privacy and security > Always use secure connections > Enabled
• Privacy and security > Cross-origin referrer policy > Disable cross-origin referrer
• Privacy and security > WebRTC IP handling policy > Disable non-proxied UDP
• Privacy and security > Send a “Do Not Track” request > Enabled
• Privacy and security > Preload pages > No preloading
• 🤠 Privacy and security > Close (all open) tabs on exit > Enabled
• Site Settings > Motion sensors > Blocked
• Site Settings > JavaScript JIT > Blocked
• Site settings > Protected content > Blocked
• Site settings > Auto-verify > Disabled
• Navigate to chrome://flags > Darken websites checkbox in themes setting > Enabled > Relaunch
  • Google services > Help improve Chrome’s features and performance > Disabled
  • Google services > Make searches and browsing better > Disabled
  • Privacy and security > Ad privacy > Ad topics > Disabled
  • Privacy and security > Ad privacy > Site-suggested ads > Disabled
  • Privacy and security > Ad privacy > Ad measurement > Disabled