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Old 10-29-2007, 10:59 PM   #1
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(Just curious) IceWeasel = IceCat?


I've been hearing that GNU's IceWeasel will be renamed to IceCat. If this is so, will Debian adopt that version as well or stick with it's own version (IceWeasel)? Personally, I think IceCat would be an improvement.
 
Old 10-30-2007, 12:25 PM   #2
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How is a Cat an improvement over a Weasel
 
Old 10-30-2007, 12:26 PM   #3
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How is a Cat an improvement over a Weasel
 
Old 10-30-2007, 01:26 PM   #4
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does a name change affect its operation, since a cat has 9 lives?...lol
 
Old 10-30-2007, 04:01 PM   #5
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I hope so. Heh.
I'm just wondering if "IceCat" will be in Debian or if it will remain "IceWeasel" since the two current Iceweasels are technically two different derivatives. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
 
Old 10-30-2007, 04:29 PM   #6
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Hehe. Is this for real? I had wondered before if they could have come up with a worse name than Iceweasel but in Icecat they've managed it.
 
  


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