wiki.ubuntu.com — As you may know, Debian is switching to Iceweasel instead of Firefox, Ubuntu will probably do the same. Members of UbuntuForums.org have created several icons that we think should be used in Ubuntu as the Iceweasel icon. Go here to see the thread:http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=273757
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tshrubOct 10, 2006
Debian for many years has lost a lot of fanfare due to its dated packages, slow releases, developers leaving for higher ground and internal buracuracy / political struggles. All this hype is exactly what they want, something to draw the attention back to them with hopes that their distro will shine again. Sorry Debian.. maybe stop focusing on the politics and actually focus on the distro itself.
motangOct 10, 2006
@Nodren yeah it has been going to for sometime now. I remember seeing this in Ubuntu 5.10, now it's has been brought up by Mozilla, and I am pretty sure with next version of Ubuntu is going to have Iceweasel. Which really isn't a big deal since all the themes and extensions work anyway.Oh BTW Swiftfox does rock, much faster at loading web sites.
benplautOct 10, 2006
You can have your 'firebird'I'll stick with AIX and emacs
benplautOct 10, 2006
it gets better:<a class="user" href="http://mik.unpackable.org/humping_iceweasel.gif">http://mik.unpackable.org/humping_iceweasel.gif</a>
nyingeOct 10, 2006
shokk said, "If you're a real Linux user..."Please note that majority of end-users are not tech-savvy as you are. "./configure && make && make install" is still a nightmare to others.
kdkirschOct 11, 2006
I have been using Ubuntu happily for about a month alongside Windows (I hope to transition to a 80:20 use ratio Ubuntu:Windows). I am dismayed by this decision of the Debian community to proceed with forking and rebranding Firefox. The author of this article is right on target: this is fundamentalism. And this fanaticism is counterproductive to growing the marketshare and user-base of Linux. Moreover, I don't expect this decision to hurt Ubuntu and Debian in particular; rather, I expect it to damage the credibility of the broader Linux community. The Linux community cannot afford to be wasting (and it is wasting) resources and energy with a fanatical crusade. It needs to expand its user base.
dsn0wmanOct 11, 2006
Just put firefox in the non-free repo's, and have debian distro's ship with epiphony. Forget about the IceWeasle, or at least call it something reasonable.
Closed AccountOct 12, 2006
Sometimes it's a nightmare to seasoned users. ;-)