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[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 19:02 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> I've got IceCat installed on a bare metal Ubuntu and on a bare metal
> Arch Linux since 2015, IceCat 31.8.0 until today, but the last GNU bin
> was upgraded in 2019 to version 60.7.0.

That above is more than just broken English. Second attempt. In 2015 I
installed IceCat 31.8.0. I updated it by the official provided binaries
from GNU, until 60.7.0, the last available binary. IIRC I also compiled
it a few times. However, the current version is seemingly 91+something,
but only available from source. I don't want to compile a web browser
anymore and especially not a freakish browser that is more or less
unusable for modern web pages, at least if all the IceCat features are
enabled. It's possible to disable LibreJS and other spaced out unworldly
features, but in my experiences this browser was never very Internet
friendly, even with those features disabled.