Brave a secure web browser for Linux

Practically our whole life is linked to the internet. From entertainment to leisure and even work. So every time tools are realized to take advantage of all the potential of the Internet and of the navigation in the pc. However, in this same sense, many companies take advantage of the data we share on the Internet. For example, the frequency of navigation or the number of visits made. In other words, almost everything we do and this for many is morally incorrect. So to improve this, Brave a secure web browser for Linux was born. In this post, we will show you how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04 and Linux Mint 19.

Brave wants to revolutionize the way we use the Internet. For the browser, we are not products that companies can manipulate without problems. So Brave integrates many settings that block the crawlers that many sites use to get information about us. On the other hand, Brave is logically open source and the source code is available from Github.

Although it is a pretty secure web browser, it does not settle for just that and Brave is quite fast. In fact, on the project website, they boast that it is much faster than Google Chrome or Safari. So this is very interesting. It is available for Windows and MacOS too.

So, let us install it.

Getting a secure web browser for Linux

Installing Brave on Ubuntu 18.04 or Linux Mint 19 is quite simple. But I have checked for myself that it is worth it. So open a terminal and run the following command:

:~$ curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add -

With the above command, we have added the GPG key for the Brave repository. This way we will install it without problems.

Then, run the following command to update the bash profile.

:~$ source /etc/os-release

After that, you can add the Brave repository.

:~$ echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ $UBUNTU_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release-${UBUNTU_CODENAME}.list

Then, install Brave by running the following command.

:~$ sudo apt install brave-keyring brave-browser

Now, you can launch it from the main menu.

Enjoy it.

Conclusion

On the Internet, we have to be careful with our data especially if the user does not have much experience in security. To achieve private navigation without giving up the speed we have Brave. This way you will be able to use the web without tracking risks.

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