bug#48333: make icecat default browser

ing since it also has a privacy focus with the added advantage of being security focused. -Gary

Re: IceCat-68.2.0-guix0-preview2 now available via GNU Guix

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 Johannes Marbach wrote: > For what it's worth, once guix is installed, creating the source tarball > locally with the command given in the initial mail in this thread is not > very fast but quite easy. I had no issues with it on OpenSuse. Still > waiting for my laptop to

Re: IceCat-68.2.0-guix0-preview2 now available via GNU Guix

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 1:13 PM Mark H Weaver wrote: > > >>> Kudos for your work on this, Mark. Is there any chance that this is > >>> also available on a source code repository? > >> > >> I can understand the desire for this, but I personally do not have the > >> server resources required to

Re: IceCat-68.2.0-guix0-preview2 now available via GNU Guix

2:41 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote: > > Hi Gary, > > Gary Driggs writes: >> Kudos for your work on this, Mark. Is there any chance that this is >> also available on a source code repository? > > I can understand the desire for this, but I personally do not have the >

Re: IceCat-68.2.0-guix0-preview2 now available via GNU Guix

Kudos for your work on this, Mark. Is there any chance that this is also available on a source code repository?

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat and security updates

q.v. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/-- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Alsa IceCat

On Feb 22, 2018, at 3:28 AM, al3xu5 wrote: > > I have explicity enabled alsa support and disabled pulseaudio Perhaps I should switch to alsa as pulseaudio is the one that I always have trouble with... -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Why IceCat discontinued official macOS and Windows releases

On 2018-02-22 12:59, The Canadian Bacon wrote: >> >> Perhaps your cache needs to be cleared because I'm able to access the >> files via the page link from my laptop, phone, Desktop and soon I'll be >> able to verify from a work PC. I'll let you know what's up if there's an >> is

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Why IceCat discontinued official macOS and Windows releases

the link is from your icecat page linked from your front page... > On Feb 22, 2018, at 12:05 AM, The Canadian Bacon <wowzama...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You're using an old link. > https://casualgamer.ca/index.php/unofficial-icecat-builds/ > >> On Feb 22, 2018 12:09 AM

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Why IceCat discontinued official macOS and Windows releases

, to the person that's hosting the unofficial binaries; it looks like your link to the source is broken: https://casualgamer.ca/index.php/download/55/ leads to a "Download does not exist" page. -Gary On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:21 AM, David Hedlund <pub...@beloved.name> wrote: > Peop

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Bug

I've only seen this happen in Windows-- which is what the screen shot looks like. > On Jan 31, 2018, at 4:04 PM, David Hedlund wrote: > > I cannot reproduce this error in Trisquel 7 with 52.3.0-gnu1+7.0trisquel3 > > Which operating system are you running? > >> On

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 52.1.0 release

FYI, 52.1.1 was also released yesterday in case you're compiling for Windows https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-14/-- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Icecat 52.0.1 for windows

Windows and build 52.0.2 from the command line with mach & Visual Studio's compiler. On a side note, does anyone know what build 52.0.2 is? I don't even see it listed in the release notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/ -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] I am really getting sick of this. Goodbye

asleepyet wrote: "everyone = me?" me me or you me? please clarify. I meant me but now I'm not the only one... -but they all fail to mention the important details like how extremely slow it is I'm sure they would welcome your expert engineering skills if you'd like to join the project. it's

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] I am really getting sick of this. Goodbye

asleepyet wrote: > I love it how everyone is mentioning TOR everyone = me > but they all fail to mention the important details like how extremely slow it > is, it has many layers -- like an onion. > the lack of functionality, it's just a network. what extra functionality are you hoping to

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 45.7.0 release

On Mar 15, 2017, Ivan Zaigralin wrote: > Absolutely anything you can direct your computer to do from within window$, > micro$oft can do remotely, surreptuously, and *trivially* in the technical > sense. I eagerly await a link to the data you have collected that proves your curious

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 45.7.0 release

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017, awakeyet wrote: > I totally agree, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to use a slightly more > secure browser like icecat on ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTINGLY BACKDOORED BOTNET > surveillance, freedom and privacy destroying operating systems like those > of apple and microsoft. >

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 45.7.0 release

tation falls short in some areas like this so hopefully I can get it sorted without having to set up a whole new build environment elsewhere. Does anyone know if Subversion is the only code repository that gnu.org hosts? -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 45.7.0 release

us. I set up a standard firefox build environment, added a tiny .mozconfig file, then built a win64 installer package that's available here: https://github.com/gdriggs/icecat-win64 -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 45.7.0 release

On Mar 5, 2017, Daniel Quintiliani wrote: > Please reconsider your discontinuation of Windows and Mac versions, as libre > browsing is most needed in DRM-based OSes, not Linux :( The source is still available for compilation on any platform. -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat browser default on Windows 7?

Narcis Garcia wrote: > > IceCat 45 must have vulnerabilities too, and then someone will ask for > Icecat 52, etc. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/-- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat browser default on Windows 7?

mailing list opinions. We >>> should also focus on who the decision makers actually are, to my knowledge >>> Ruben has been busy lately but someone can easily say "Why should we >>> maintain a Windows or Mac version of IceCat?" and be confused for someone >

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat browser default on Windows 7?

Daniel Quintiliani wrote: > > Ruben having discontinued Windows support for IceCat was the best and easiest > way to force most of the human population into DRM. Where did you see any such announcement? Maybe we should start an alternate mailing list, political-gnuzi...@gnu.org, so the rest

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat browser default on Windows 7?

Tails is pretty easy to use; https://tails.boum.org/ > On Dec 12, 2016, at 2:15 PM, Daniel Quintiliani wrote: > > Seems like a lot of work and reading material for a Windows user who just > wants to browse the web and not have to worry about corporate and government >

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] [VOTE] Tor code base

I don't know about the Windows and macOS ports but the Linux version of Icecat could be derived from the Trisquel abrowser source if they are kind enough to allow and encourage us to do so. My comments here should in no way be considered a judgement of either of these ambitious and much needed

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] [VOTE] Tor code base

I see this project having more in common with the Trisquel browser project than TOR browser. I haven't seen anyone list the pros or cons so I'll have to vote against if it's just arbitrary. -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Build Spyblock from uBlock Origin

; now I've forgotten the specific criteria. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Icecat 45.2 urgently needed

nch is using 45.2. The change logs for both have the exact same entries for cookies, however, so I'll have to download the alpha to see what they're doing for cookie permissions dialogue boxes. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Cipher suits - Difference between IceCat and Firefox ESR

hould all be disabled by default. You can test a server's capabilities & configuration with ssllabs.com & it will tell you which suites are preferred & in which order. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] icecat browser sources question

gnu1.tar.bz2 contains the source the rest are binaries and accompanied by PGP signatures in the .sig files. -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Firefox for iOS

ari. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Ice Cat communication

PCAP or it didn't happen. ;-) > On Nov 16, 2015, at 11:36 PM, Narcis Garcia wrote: > > Version? > Platform? > > > El 16/11/15 a les 16:53, family.sm ha escrit: >> Hi >> Icecap is sending many paquets through the Linux android kernel instead >> through the vpn, like

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Unpatched security flaws in IceCat

On Aug 12, 2015, Mark H Weaver wrote: So, when can we expect GNU IceCat 38.2 to be released? How soon can you post your contributions to the git repo? ;-) -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Suggestion for default search engine

I have found ixquick to turn up better anonymized results than others I've used -- including DDG. https://ixquick.com/eng/aboutixquick/ On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:10 AM, Rubén Rodríguez ru...@gnu.org wrote: El mié, 11-03-2015 a las 05:02 +, rocket_peng...@riseup.net escribió: Did anyone

Re: IceCat 5.0.1

What’s New in Firefox The latest version of Firefox has the following changes: Worked around an issue in Mac OS X 10.7 that couldcause Firefox to crash Worked around an issue caused by Apple's Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 where the Java plugin would not be loaded

Re: Warning: Mozilla BrowserID!

to hear what you and the original poster find objectionable in its design and/or implementation. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: five?

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Giuseppe Scrivano gscriv...@gnu.org wrote: I have uploaded here an alpha version, something I have noticed is the about dialog that seems to be broken, if you find other problems, let me know :-) I get the following error when compiling under Debian Squeeze for

Re: five?

It looks like security updates for Firefox 4 are discontinued already... http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9217837/Mozilla_retires_Firefox_4_from_security_support -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: Open containing folder

to configure it yourself. Here's an example using the thunar file manager; http://rubylution.ping.de/articles/2007/09/11/open-containing-folder-in-firefox-under-linux -Gary-- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: Compile without CA

trying to debug an SSL connection you might try something like Charles? http://www.charlesproxy.com/overview. Alternately, you could just go in and remove all your root CA certs rather than spend the time trying to yank that code out. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

version 4.0?

-bit PowerPC platform I've had to install Mesa development headers and use --disable-ipc --disable-ycbcr with configure since those are not available for my architecture. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [icecat privacy feature] managing super-cookies

On Aug 30, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Nicolás Reynolds wrote: couldn't it be done by forbidding flash cookies altogether? I would suspect that Flash cookies are handled by Flash or gnash plugins the browser and/or another plugin wouldn't have any control over them. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: [icecat privacy feature] managing super-cookies

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:08 AM PDT, Sean Artman wrote: It would be ideal to petition the BetterPrivacy author to put the plugin under a free software license. That's already been done... On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:19 AM PDT, anog...@gmx.at wrote: I didn't know that BetterPrivacy is

Re: ppc64 compile error

release! ;) -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: ppc64 compile error

and/or hardware architectures found by googling '--disable-ipc' firefox ppc. I'd be happy to test new releases on Debian/ppc when they come out but in the mean time I'll get back to trying a 64-bit build again. -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: ppc64 compile error

?); libgtk2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libnotify-dev libasound2-dev libidl-dev libiw-dev libxt-dev xulrunner-dev. But now I'm getting the following failure during the build (no options given to configure but I'll be trying --disable-optimize next). -Gary c++ -o nsXPComInit.o -c -fvisibility=hidden

Re: ppc64 compile error

this appears to be in the chrome ipc library wherein atomicops.h is expecting an x86 architecture. I'm hoping that --disable-ipc solves this problem. is anyone else on the project actively compiling this for non-x86 architectures? -Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org

Re: ppc64 compile error

...@host_optimize_flags@%%g kind regards, Gary -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org