Gnuzilla

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Gnuzilla
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Developer(s) GNU Project
Stable release 60.7.0 (2 June 2019;5 months ago (2019-06-02)) [±]
Repository
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Operating system GNU, Linux
Available inEnglish
Type Internet suite
License MPL
Website www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla

GNUzilla is the GNU version (a free software rebranding) of the Mozilla Application Suite (whose active successor is SeaMonkey). The name is a portmanteau of GNU and Mozilla.

GNU Project Free software project

The GNU Project is a free software, mass collaboration project that Richard Stallman announced on September 27, 1983. Its goal is to give computer users freedom and control in their use of their computers and computing devices by collaboratively developing and publishing software that gives everyone the rights to freely run the software, copy and distribute it, study it, and modify it. GNU software grants these rights in its license.

Free software software licensed to preserve user freedoms

Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, not price: users—individually or in cooperation with computer programmers—are free to do what they want with their copies of a free software regardless of how much is paid to obtain the program. Computer programs are deemed free if they give users ultimate control over the software and, subsequently, over their devices.

Mozilla Application Suite Discontinued Internet suite

The Mozilla Application Suite is a discontinued cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It was based on the source code of Netscape Communicator. The development was spearheaded by the Mozilla Organization from 1998 to 2003, and by the Mozilla Foundation from 2003 to 2006. It has been superseded by SeaMonkey Internet suite, a community-driven Internet suite that is based on the same source code and continued to be developed with newer Mozilla codebase.

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Mozilla produces free and open-source software, but the binaries include trademarked artwork. Some Mozilla add-ons or plugins are also non-free software.

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Add-on is the Mozilla term for software modules that can be added to the Firefox web browser and related applications. There are three types: extensions, themes, and plug-ins. Mozilla hosts them on its official add-on website.

GNU IceCat

GNUzilla encompasses GNU IceCat, the GNU version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser. All releases are posted in the same FTP folder.

GNU IceCat Firefox derivative recommending only free software

GNU IceCat, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel, is a free software rebranding of the Mozilla Firefox web browser distributed by the GNU Project. It is compatible with Linux, Windows, Android and macOS.

Firefox Free and open-source web browser by Mozilla

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Web browser software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web

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GNU IceCat is actively updated. GNU IceCat releases follow the LTS releases of Firefox, using the same version numbers.

History

VersionVersion Firefox & GeckoRelease dateMajor changes
2.0.0.11-g12.0.0.11
2.0.0.12-g12.0.0.12
3-g13.0July 2008Differences from Firefox: to neutralize the functions of spyware sites, made into a separate extension.
3.0.1-g13.0.127 July 2008Support function X-geometry [1]
3.0.2-g13.0.225 September 2008 [2]
3.0.3-g13.0.329 September 2008 [3]
3.0.4-g13.0.46 December 2008 [4]
3.0.5-g13.0.531 December 2008 [5]
3.0.6-g13.0.66 February 2009 [6]
3.0.10-g13.0.101 May 2009 [7]
3.0.11-g13.0.1113 June 2009 [8]
3.53.512 July 2009 [9]
3.5.53.5.58 November 2009 [10]
3.6.163.6.1624 March 2011 [11]
4.04.011 April 2011 [12]
4.0.14.0.17 May 2011 [13]
5.05.027 June 2011 [14]
5.0.15.0.15 August 2011 [15]
6.06.018 August 2011 [16]
6.0.16.0.11 September 2011 [17]
6.0.26.0.29 September 2011 [18]
7.07.02 October 2011 [19]
7.0.17.0.19 October 2011 [20]
9.0.19.0.128 December 2011 [21]
10.010.011 February 2012 [22]
13.0.113.0.112 July 2012 [23]
14.014.021 August 2012 [24]
17.0.117.0.11 December 2012 [25]
24.024.016 October 2013 [26]
52.1.052.1.05 May 2017 [27]
52.3.052.3.01 September 2017 [28]
52.6.052.6.025 February 2018 [29]
60.3.060.3.09 November 2018
60.7.060.7.02 June 2019 [30]

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References

  1. ↑ Giuseppe Scrivano. (27 July 2008). "GNU IceCat 3.0.1-g1". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  2. ↑ Giuseppe Scrivano. (25 September 2008). "GNU IceCat-3.0.2-g1 released". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  3. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.0.3-g1
  4. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.0.4-g1
  5. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.0.5-g1
  6. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.0.6-g1
  7. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.0.10-g1
  8. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.0.11-g1
  9. ↑ Index of /gnu/gnuzilla/3.5
  10. ↑ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/3.5.5/ (retrieved 8 December 2009)
  11. ↑ GNU IceCat 3.6.16 released.
  12. ↑ GNU IceCat 4.0 released
  13. ↑ GNU IceCat 4.0.1 released
  14. ↑ GNU IceCat 5.0 released
  15. ↑ GNU IceCat 5.0.1 released
  16. ↑ GNU IceCat 6.0 released
  17. ↑ GNU IceCat 6.0.1 released
  18. ↑ GNU IceCat 6.0.2 released
  19. ↑ GNU IceCat 7.0 released
  20. ↑ GNU IceCat 7.0.1 released
  21. ↑ GNU IceCat 9.0.1 released
  22. ↑ GNU IceCat 10.0 released
  23. ↑ GNU IceCat 13.0.1 released
  24. ↑ GNU IceCat 14.0 released
  25. ↑ GNU IceCat 17.0.1 released
  26. ↑ Loic J. Duros (16 October 2013). "GNU IceCat 24.0 released!". Bug-gnuzilla (Mailing list). Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  27. ↑ Ruben Rodriguez (5 May 2017). "IceCat 52.1.0 release". Bug-gnuzilla (Mailing list). Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  28. ↑ "IceCat 52.3.0 release". lists.gnu.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  29. ↑ "IceCat 52.6.0 release". lists.gnu.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  30. ↑ "IceCat 60.7.0 Release". info-gnu mailing list archive. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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