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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No, mull is a fork of Firefox meant for android and developed by the divestOS team, while mullvad is a completely different fork, only for desktop atm and developed by mullvad (the VPN company)

they both focus on privacy and integrate Tor patches and modify some configs to better resist fingerprinting, but mullvad browser goes a step further with the tor integration, going as far as storing all data in RAM, so it deletes every cookie, history etc on restart. Could be an advantage, could be a disadvantage, up to you

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for such a detailed response. Saw someone commenting it as mull and in thought I relied to them. Once again thanks a lot.