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Gnuzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser.
Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the source code from the Mozilla project is free software, the binaries that they release include additional non-free software.
Also, they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins.
In addition, GNU IceCat includes some privacy protection features:
1. Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of cookies.
When IceCat detects this mechanism it blocks cookies from the site hosting the zero-length image file. (It is possible to re-enable such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts list.)
2. Other sites rewrite the host name in links redirecting the user to another site, mainly to "spy" on clicks. When this behavior is detected, IceCat shows a message alerting the user.
600px-Icecat.png
icecat-17.0.1-langpacks.tar.bz2
icecat-17.0.1-openmamba-homepage.patch
icecat-17.0.1.tar.gz
icecat-3.0.6-nss_cflags.patch
icecat-3.0.6-visibility.patch
icecat-3.0.7-g1-extensions-gnomevfs.patch
icecat-3.5-plugindirs.patch
icecat-lang.sh
icecat-langpack-it.patch.tar.gz
icecat-safemode.desktop
icecat-script
icecat.desktop
icecat.spec
localize.sh
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icecat: is the GNU version of the Firefox browser.
Gnuzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser.Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the source code from the Mozilla project is free software, the binaries that they release include additional non-free software.
Also, they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins.
In addition, GNU IceCat includes some privacy protection features:
1. Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of cookies.
When IceCat detects this mechanism it blocks cookies from the site hosting the zero-length image file. (It is possible to re-enable such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts list.)
2. Other sites rewrite the host name in links redirecting the user to another site, mainly to "spy" on clicks. When this behavior is detected, IceCat shows a message alerting the user.
⚠ This package has the following problems:
- icecat(i586,devel-past): missing provider for libpng15.so.15
| Name: | icecat |
| Release: | 17.0.1-2mamba |
| Group: | Graphical Desktop/Applications/Internet |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | GPL, LGPL, MPL 1.1 |
| Size: | 122.84 MB |
| Upstream URL: | http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ |
| Build time: | 2013-03-03 13:32:53 |
Source files
600px-icecat-safe.png600px-Icecat.png
icecat-17.0.1-langpacks.tar.bz2
icecat-17.0.1-openmamba-homepage.patch
icecat-17.0.1.tar.gz
icecat-3.0.6-nss_cflags.patch
icecat-3.0.6-visibility.patch
icecat-3.0.7-g1-extensions-gnomevfs.patch
icecat-3.5-plugindirs.patch
icecat-lang.sh
icecat-langpack-it.patch.tar.gz
icecat-safemode.desktop
icecat-script
icecat.desktop
icecat.spec
localize.sh
Binary packages and requirements
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-03 | silvan | 17.0.1-2mamba | - fix hiding internal provides/requires |
| 2013-02-23 | silvan | 17.0.1-1mamba | - update to 17.0.1 |