[Bug-gnuzilla] Status of IceCat packages and variants

[David Hedlund]

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icecat package status for free GNU/Linux distros (https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html)

[GNU/Linux distros for embedded devices are excluded.]

BLAG (based on Fedora): Not packaged (the distro is 6 years old). Once BLAG will update it will have icecat available, see "Fedora" below.

Dragora: Not packaged. The distro is 5 years old.

Dynebolic: Not packaged. The distro is 5 years old.

gNewSense: Not packaged.

GuixSD: Packaged - https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/i.html

Musix (based on Knoppix): Not packaged AFAIK

Parabola (based on Arch GNU/Linux: Packaged: https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?sort=&q=icecat&maintainer=&flagged=

Trisquel (based on Ubuntu): Part of Trisquel 8, found as package in Trisquel 7. The maintainer of Trisquel is also maintainer of IceCat.

Ututo XS: Not packages. The distro is 5 years old.

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icecat package status for non-free GNU/Linux distros (used to make free GNU/Linux distros)

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* Arch GNU/Linux: Not packaged - https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=icecat&maintainer=&flagged=

* Debian

To vote on IceCat for Debian email: address@hidden

Visit this link to follow address@hidden posted emails: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637348

https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/icecat.html refer to a page that doesn't exist: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/icecat

* Fedora: Packaged - https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/icecat

* Ubuntu: Not packaged. Not found in https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/allpackages or https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/allpackages

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Free Non-GNU Distributions (https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.html)

IceCat for Replicant

[Note: Not even Firefox itself can run on Replicant]

Planned by the IceCat developer(s).

Background to the intervention: IceCatMobile cannot run on Replicant: "Firefox 52 has an opengl 2.0 dependency which replicant can't do because it requires nonfree software (at least on the galaxy s3, which is the best phone choice for replicant afaik)." - Ian Kelling

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IceCat for GNU/Linux, binary release

Both 32-bits and 64-bits released on https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/icecat/

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icecat package status for distros ready to be evaluated (https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Incoming_distros)

* ConnochaetOS (based on Slackware): Yes
* FreeSlack (based on Slackware): Yes
* LibertyBSD (base on OpenBSD): Yes

icecat package status for non-free operating systems (used to make free operating systems ready for evaluation)

* DeLi GNU/Linux (dead)
* OpenBSD: Yes
* Slackware: Yes


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IceCat for Android

IceCatMobile has been developed.

Background to the intervention: Firefox for Android



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IceCat for Windows

Discontinued.

Unofficial builds can be found here: https://rpm.jenslody.de/icecat-win/ (link added to https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat#tab=Details)

Background to the intervention: Firefox ESR for Windows

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IceCat for macOS

Not developed.


Background to the intervention: Firefox for macOS - https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.3.0esr/

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IceCat for iOS

Not developed.

"Unless drastic changes have been made in iOS 9, you aren't able to use a different rendering engine when you build a browser for iOS. So Firefox for iOS is really just a reskinned Safari."


Background to the intervention: Firefox for iOS


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IceCat Portable

Not developed.

Background to the intervention:

• http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
• http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esr

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IceCat Developer Edition

Not developed.

Background to the intervention: "Firefox Developer Edition brings your core dev tools together with some powerful new ones that will extend your ability to work across multiple platforms from one place. It’s everything you’re used to, only better. And only from Firefox." - From https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

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IceCat virtual image

Not developed.

Background to the intervention: From http://www.pcworld.com/article/227838/free_browser_in_a_box_runs_firefox4_with_ultra_security.html

A new solution launched this week by German Sirrix AG, however, uses Firefox 4, Linux and virtualization to create what it calls a "browser in a box" that keeps all malware isolated and out of the user's main operating system.

Originally created at the request of the German federal government, BitBox (short for "browser in the box") runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 as well as Debian Linux, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE and Gentoo, allowing users to surf the Web worry-free, Sirrix says.