If I recall correctly, isn't GNU IceCat constantly being updated also in Trisquel?
I noticed this to be true because when I inspect the version of the package in the repositories, I get the same version I'm using now from GNU Guix. So I vote for sticking with GNU IceCat from Trisquel. Alternativelly, you can go the longer route: after installing Trisquel, install GNU Guix package manager, and from it install GNU IceCat. Comparing the common advice of adding a repository/PPA to your package manager, and the GNU Guix way suggested above: the second has the advantage of having GNU FSDG-committed repositories and community by default, having focus on reproducibility and a free/libre software community. 2017-11-01T18:09:28+0100 alonivt...@gmail.com wrote: > As you know Trisquel's recent releases (6 and 7 and the upcoming 8) > are long term releases. > > These releases tend to offer software which does not receive version > updates for the available packages, however they do offer version > updates for the main Mozilla browser. > > Many of the browsers provided by Trisquel have changed dramatically > over the past few years, so finding a browser which one can update > regularly without breaking exiting features (similar to a new video > player which offers support for new codecs while retaining support for > older codecs) is a difficult task. I'll cover the main issues with the > popular browsers. > > Mozilla based (Abrowser/IceCat): Mozilla's decision to switch to web > extensions will break many legacy add-ons. In addition, support for > ALSA was dropped in recent versions and NPAPI based plugins which > enabled playback of video using players such as VLC (instead of using > HTML5) no longer work. At the moment IceCat is based on an older ESR > (extended support release) version of Firefox which still supports > these features, however they will probably be dropped in the next > version. Firefox forks such as Waterfox (which currently supports > ALSA) might rectify some of the issues (the latest version fails to > playback video using an external player). > > Seamonkey based (Seamonkey/Iceape): Currently the browsers unction the > same as in the past, but they will probably change as well as they > base their code on newer versions of Firefox. Another Firefox fork > called Pale Moon (which looks very similar to Seamonkey with the Sea > Fox and GNOMErunner add-ons) promises to offer support for older > features, but the browser is currently incompatible with many Mozilla > add-ons (a task the developers are addressing). > > WebKit based: Midori hasn't seen a new release since 2015 and was > recently removed by Hyperbola. When I last tested it it suffered from > stability issues (it sometimes unexpectedly crashed). Epiphany/Web has > changed dramatically over the years: the old extensions no longer work > after the browser switched to a newer WebKit engine, JavaScript can no > longer be disabled in the settings or through dconf-editor (since the > developers thought this was a pointless feature to offer) and add-ons > are now integrated in the browser (at the moment mostly adblock). On > the bright side, ALSA is still supported, the browser can be used to > access LibreCMC router's web interface which does not support SSL, and > since it is part of GNOME it is actively developed. The browser might > still support NPAPI plugins (they appear under about:plugins), > although I couldn't test my configuration, as I use ViewTube which > requires Greasemonkey which is currently missing (the developers might > integrate it into a future release). NPAPI plugin support might depend > on whether Apple supports it in the future in their WebKit based > desktop browser (they currently do). > > Others: I haven't tested anything else. Other browsers might be worth > checking out, however note that several are blacklisted by libre > distributions due to severe issues (not just recommending non-free > add-ons), such as Konquerer due to qt5-webengine being non-free. I'm > not sure Iridium (Chromium based) is considered free at the moment. > -- - https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre. Por favor, veja formas de se comunicar instantaneamente comigo no endereço abaixo. - Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard - Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV. - Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padrão ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF (apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM.
