web browsers for Trisquel
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I like Abrowser, but I was having some trouble connecting to the public library's wifi with it today. Sometimes trying a different browser does the trick. Any recommendations?
Well, the browser isn't what does the connecting to the wifi, but if switching browsers really does help for some reason, then you could try Midori, Arora, or Web (Epiphany). I've used all of these and know they're pretty good (Midori is probably the best out of them).
I'd bet that the library just has a crappy router that occasionally disconnects, then sometimes connects again by the time you load another browser. I have a router at my place that's horrible at this. In fact, it seems I angered it, because just as I typed that last sentence, it disconnected and I had to reset it, for the thousandth time, and this time I also had to disable and re-enable my wifi. So one thing to try when something like that happens is to disable and re-enable your wifi.
I tried it again just now. It looks like you're right about it not being a web-browser thing. Thank you onpon4!
Is Midori free software? I see that it uses the LGPL and not the GPL. What does that mean, in terms of it being free?
Any software included in the Trisquel repositories is considered free software. Midori included. The definition of free software is here. It loosely translates to "the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software."
Regarding the LGPL: that is the GNU Lesser General Public License. It's the same as the GNU GPL, but has an exception which allows proprietary programs to link to it as a library (at one point it was called the "GNU Library General Public License", but the name was changed to prevent the implication that all libraries should use it).
I see, thanks!
Here's a handy listing evaluating the freeness of common licenses http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
Of course, unfortunately many people will use a strange custom license and then we will have to try and figure out it ourselves if the 4 freedoms are respected or not... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation
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