GNU IceCat vs Abrowser
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I just downloaded Trisquel and noticed the default browser was Abrowser and not IceCat. Why? Where did IceCat go?
IceCat is available from the repos. It is indeed not the default browser. I don't know why that is. Could be because Abrowser tracks the most recent Firefox build, whereas IceCat tracks the ESR release.
Actually following ESR would be a good thing... less work and more time, less new features more security. Tor Browser uses ESR and works like a charm :)
I would love to have Icecat in Debian's repos, would like to try it out :) just for the fun of it at least!
I would love to have Icecat in Debian's repos, would like to try it out :)
No need for repos, just download the generic linux binary and execute icecat.
http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/gnu/gnuzilla/31.7.0/
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Though usually I prefer to install from repos...
Does Abrowser/GNU IceCat come with FireFox Hello, because i dislike that a lot.
I think Abrowser does, (don't know, still using Abrowser 33 here). But IceCat won't because Firefox Hello isn't included in Firefox ESR (the base of GNU IceCat). But could change in the future.
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Thank you for the replies. Curious though that IceCat is official GNU software but not distributed on the Trisquel package manager when Trisquel is backed by GNU. I will just have to install via binary or repo.
What do you mean 'not distributed on the package manager'? Nothing is
distributed 'on' the package manager. The package manager is APT. The APT
system downloads packages, installs packages, updates packages, and resolves
dependencies. The packages it works with are already binary packages parceled
up in the .deb format. It gets the packages from an online repository, or repo-
in our case the Trisquel repo. This is the server where all the packages are
stored for downloading (such as archive.trisquel.info, or any of its numerous
mirrors).
Simply issuing the apt-get install icecat command will retrieve and set up
IceCat for you.
What do you mean by 'not distributed on the Trisquel package manager'? IceCat can be installed using the package manager. When we say repo, we mean the default Trisquel repo.
I just installed Trisquel 7 on my Acer Aspire One, and I'm having a few issues. I installed IceCat using 'apt-get install'. It seemed to install fine, but seems to crash an awful lot, possibly something to do with LibreJS, which is a useful tool, but at this point in the 'Free Your JS' campaign, still tends to make most websites unusable. ABrowser is working better, but still seems to have a few weird issues. One website I opened made the ABrowser flicker and jerk.
I remember from another thread on this forum that the ABrowser project is in the process of being retired, or merged with IctCat. Is this still the case?
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Oh, nevermind. I was able to click the link on the front page of Abrowser to install icecat. Why have Abrowser at all? The Trisquel website pronounces that IceCat is installed by default, but it isn't. Can someone shed some light on this?
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https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/belenos
I have changed the link for IceCat being default to Abrowser.