Re: [gNewSense-users] OT - where did this 'burning dog' name come from?

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Welcome home Chris Parker. j/k

Chris Fernandez
http//www.binaryfreedom.info


Christopher Parker escribió:
> > > keep  pulling the firefox from k/ubuntu,  to use iceweasel this 
> > carries
> > > that we need to pull also from Debian.. and this will complicate 
> > things,
> >
> > I meant using Ice Weasel from GNU, not Debian. Thus, GNU would be
> > pulling from your side instead.
>
> Just to clarify for some people: There are two different IceWeasels.
> The Debian version and the Gnuzilla version are separate projects.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel
>
> One of the problems with using the Gnuzilla version of IceWeasel is
> that it's based on a 1.5 release of Firefox and not a 2.x release.
> Since the 1.5 release isn't getting security updates anymore and some
> major security holes have been patched between 1.5 and 2.x, using the
> Gnuzilla version, IMHO, is just asking for trouble.
>
> By the way, hi, I'm new here! Be expecting to see more of me in the
> not-so-distant future.