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Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 1 day ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Firefox’s free VPN will offer 50 gigabytes of monthly data, which is pretty generous for a browser-based VPN. A Mozilla account is required to make use of it, which isn’t a hardship (they’re free), but is a point of friction some may wish to know upfront.

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It was on my computer, on, until well after they implemented it, they allowed an opt out.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Weird. I was just setting up three Linux laptops and was asked if I wanted to turn these features on every time.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I am still on windows, I want to make the switch but my main computer broke, the cursor and the keyboard stopped working despite not being connected to the internet for years. And my backup computer the C drive is almost completely full which I have no fucking idea how that happened as I have barely done anything on this piece of shit. So I'm afraid if I try to download Linux I will end up with no computer that works. I am not a tech guy obviously.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

You could try connecting an external keyboard/mouse to your main computer.

As for the backup one - how much space do you have left? You'd need between 4 and 6 GB to download a Linux ISO and around 2 MB for Rufus with which you'd build a bootable "live USB".

If you don't have even that much, grab WinDirStat to check what exactly is taking up so much space - maybe you can remove some of it.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 minutes ago

Thanks for the help, I did buy an external keyboard and mouse despite not knowing if that works without authorizing it. Someone else told me I could take apart the back and sometimes the wire comes loose. The old one should have a lot of memory the thing is a beast.

The backup one however the c Drive is like 90 some percent full and keeps sending me messages about clearing up space but I've already done everything I can. I have no idea what is even on the C drive. I barely saved anything, 95% of my music is that my old one, and documents and whatever that's all I save.