As Firefox is free/libre in license, IceCat is its repackaged derivative
with respectful defaults to user.
As Chromium is free/libre in license, Iridium should be its repackaged
derivative with respectful defaults to user.
I've tried Iridium from project's repository and it doesn't seem to have
a stable behaviour on Debian 9. (and only amd64 packages available).
El 31/5/19 a les 12:59, pierrefa...@laposte.net ha escrit:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've read the FSF recommand the Iridium Browser as an alternative to
> Chromium.
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Iridium_Browser=74816#tab=Overview
>
>
> So I've followed the installation steps.
> https://iridiumbrowser.de/downloads/debian
>
> But my terminal warns me the browser needs the GNU Standard C++ Library
> libstdc++6 at a higher version (>=7)
> I can only find Buster or Sid versions in the Debian packages (testing
> or unstable).
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libstdc%2B%2B6=names=all=all
>
>
> I wonder if installing a testing livstdc++6 version would be a good idea
> for my Trisquel.
>
> Does anyone have tried Iridium ? I'm on a Trisquel/Debian double boot.
>
> My Debian is for experimental and I try to keep it as free as possible.
>
> Debian doesn't allow Iceweasel installation anymore, but only Firefox (I
> don't know if Firefox is still considered as free software). Debian tell
> they only have free software in their repositories, but you can install
> Chromium (so, WTF ???).
> So I've tested Chromium with a bit of fear and don't want to use it
> anymore !
> It is still recording your history unless you block the read/write
> permissions of the history file.
> But this experiment has shown me the problems of display the free
> software meet to be at the same level of propriaty browsers.
>
> Thanks for your returns.
>
> Have a nice day.
>
