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Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!



On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:38:02PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Sunday 28 January 2007 18:33, Paul Johnson wrote:
> ...
> > > Do you see a difference?
> >
> > You could have cancelled and looked into why that is.  iceweasel
> > provides firefox because it *is* firefox.  There is no functional
> > difference between firefox and iceweasel.  You're making a mountain
> > out of a molehill.
> 
> Here's the part I don't get.  Even though I'm making a living as a 
> programmer, I'm self taught and have missed a lot -- and I don't know C 
> or C++.  I've tried to make sense of the listing of what was taken out 
> of Firefox to make Iceweasel, yet I found it hard to follow.
> 
> Just what was taken out as non-free if it doesn't effect functionality?  
> If it doesn't make a difference, why is it in there?  Or have all the 
> non-free things been replaced by free code already?
> 
Hi Hal,
If you want the authoritative info on what the difference is between FF
and IW, check this out: http://web.glandium.org/blog/?cat=7
cheers,
Kev
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