Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 at 13:36, Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't this a _linux_ users group? I would have assumed using linux - not using internet explorer. There's a substantial proportion of SLUG participants who use Linux in addition to other operating systems. I believe that if

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 at 13:57, Martin Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please don't misconstrue this as a troll or attempt to start a flame-war, but what licence is Opera released under? After spending 5 minutes vainly looking for some sort of indicative statement, only by searching on their

[SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Rick Welykochy
Hi Guys, Firefox 3.0 is coming out tomorrow. The 18th here is the 17th in the USA, which is global download day for the Firefox 3.0 launch. Mozilla is attempting to win a Guiness Book of World Records entry for the most downloads in one day. So far, 1.4 million have pledged. More here:

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 13:22 +1000, Rick Welykochy wrote: Hi Guys, Firefox 3.0 is coming out tomorrow. The 18th here is the 17th in the USA, which is global download day for the Firefox 3.0 launch. Mozilla is attempting to win a Guiness Book of World Records entry for the most downloads in

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
fwiw, opera 9.5 is out :) in lots of fruity linux flavours Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Hi Guys, Firefox 3.0 is coming out tomorrow. The 18th here is the 17th in the USA, which is global download day for the Firefox 3.0 launch. Mozilla is attempting to win a Guiness Book of World Records entry

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Martin Visser
Please don't misconstrue this as a troll or attempt to start a flame-war, but what licence is Opera released under? After spending 5 minutes vainly looking for some sort of indicative statement, only by searching on their site for license (sic), you get a few hits that all seem to indicate

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Rick Welykochy
Robert Collins wrote: Isn't this a _linux_ users group? I would have assumed using linux - not using internet explorer. Bien sure! You can't even get IE for the Mac anymore. Aw shucks. The email sent to SLUG was BCC'd to lots of Winders addicts out there in an attempt to wean them off the

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
there is a debian/amd64 package? *scratches head* Dean Martin Visser wrote: Please don't misconstrue this as a troll or attempt to start a flame-war, but what licence is Opera released under? After spending 5 minutes vainly looking for some sort of indicative statement, only by searching on

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Rick Welykochy
Dean Hamstead wrote: there is a debian/amd64 package? *scratches head* And I am sure there are packages for FF 3.0. And many mirrors of it. I hope the Firefox team are taking this into account when they estimate the number of downloads tomorrow. Does anyone know if, in general, mirrors

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
firefox on debian? *gasp* iceweasel is the OSS browser of choice for debianites. Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: there is a debian/amd64 package? *scratches head* And I am sure there are packages for FF 3.0. And many mirrors of it. I hope the Firefox team are taking this

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008, Martin Visser wrote: Please don't misconstrue this as a troll or attempt to start a flame-war, but what licence is Opera released under? After spending 5 minutes vainly looking for some sort of indicative statement, only by searching on their site for license (sic), you

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Rick Welykochy
Dean Hamstead wrote: firefox on debian? *gasp* iceweasel is the OSS browser of choice for debianites. Crikies I must keep up. I'm only using Linux in serverland, sans an X or GUI, so I am out of that loop. Why iceweasel over FF? cheers rickw --

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
its a big messy story which relates mainly too - OSS software with non-free logos and trademarks - big silly OSS foundations that dont accept patches for major memory leaks - the same big silly foundations not liking it when said patches are applied then the resulting software is distributed

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008, Rick Welykochy wrote: Crikies I must keep up. I'm only using Linux in serverland, sans an X or GUI, so I am out of that loop. Why iceweasel over FF? Short version: Debian does not want to distribute proprietary (not modifiable) artwork and branding such as the FF logos

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

2008-06-16 Thread Simon Males
Hi Guys, Firefox 3.0 is coming out tomorrow. The 18th here is the 17th in the USA, which is global download day for the Firefox 3.0 launch. Mozilla is attempting to win a Guiness Book of World Records entry for the most downloads in one day. So far, 1.4 million have pledged. More here: