still can't find you on diaspora alimiracle.
p.s - consider abandoning gmail by switching to some decent provider as
openmailbox or tutanota may be
On the other hand, the Mothership that is Trisquel has gone LTS only, hasn't
it?
It does get security updates; that's the whole point of Firefox LTS!
I would also like to see this. I use Icecat as my primary browser, and
it would be great to have it Updated for security.
for me I said farewell to Abrowser
Debian/Ubuntu isn't really the upstream of IceCat.
IceCat's direct upstream is Firefox, which is pulled down into Debian and
re-branded as IceWeasel. So for IceCat to get into Debian/Ubuntu this way,
the changes would have to be accepted upstream by Firefox. They would then
get pulled down
They might mean the program is not in the repositories for Debian or Ubuntu.
You can download and compile or run the prepackages version, but there are no
.deb versions etc... Only trying mind read, but thats my guess.
I think Fedora has it in their yum package manager or as a .rpm, so
if you want to install the package its apt-get install
the command i posted downloads the .deb file
so you could use that in debian
with dpkg -i icecat.deb
ESR is great for programs that want stability over latest and greatest,
similar to LTS with Ubuntu, or stable with Debian, LTS with Trisquel etc...
Schools, businesses etc..., are better served with ESR, also think ESR is a
better choice for Trisquel so Ruben does not have to spend so much
there are deb versions:
sudo apt-get download icecat
For Debian? If you search their repository you get:
You have searched for packages that names contain icecat in suite(s) stable,
all sections, and all architectures.
Sorry, your search gave no results
and the same for testing. Isn't the command, apt-get install..., unless you
meant
It would be nice if Ruben's IceCat versions are pushed upstream into
Debian/Ubuntu as well all users will benefit from this alternative browser.
IceCat is free software so Debian and Ubuntu can use it already if they want.
I don't know what you mean by “pushing” in this context (I know what
This is where I don't understand the ESR release. In order to get security
updates, someone has to go through the effort to download and install the
newer ESR release. How is this any different than getting the latest Firefox?
I think Icecat follows only LTS versions of firefox. I may be wrong..
Now that Ruben is developing the GNU Icecat browser and it is a more upstream
browser than the Trisquel only Abrowser, how much longer will he continue to
develop both? Are both needed or will Abrowser eventually get phased out? If
they choose to faze out Abrowser, hopefully IceCat can keep
I would like to see Trisquel keep both, for different purposes. Personally,
I like IceCat for daily browsing and most internet use, however, I prefer a
separate browser for private online matters (shopping etc...), and Abrowser
fits that need perfectly. Midori is too unstable still,
That is correct.
I'd like to see Abrowser phased out and be replaced by IceCat. Personally,
I'm ok with being a few versions behind Firefox (tracking ESR), but I can see
how some people will like to have the latest and greatest. Ultimately, it
would be nice to see IceCat keep up with Firefox releases, or
I never understood the ESR releases of Firefox as newer versions add new
features quickly so the web can advance in the right direction. For an OS I
can understand being an LTS due to so many programs that interact with each
other and potential issues if one version doesn't work with the
Found this response from Ruben on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/trisquel/comments/2jxaxs/what_is_the_difference_between_abrowser_and_icecat/
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