[xubuntu-users] Ubuntu 20.04 and Firefox 90.0.2

[Alex Johns]

On 13/08/21 8:09 am, Hund wrote:
> On August 12, 2021 9:22:27 PM GMT+02:00, Alex Johns <chris352011 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> So use palemoon a geko based browser with very good security
>> There is a deb package put up by Steve Purser.
>>
>> da kiwi
> 
> That's another web browser I cannot recommend. The persons behind it are rather hostile and not friendly at all.
> 
> Just look how they treated the FreeBSD guys[1]. Spoiler: Palemoon is no longer available in FreeBSD and will never be. This is the case for 99% of all others as well[2].
> 
> The reason that no one's including the web browser in their repos is not only because of how they treat everyone, it's because of their proprietary bulls**t license[3] that no one wants to poke at, not even with a stick.
> 
> If you look up Palemoon on the web you will find a lot more drama surrounding them.
> 
> 1. https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86
> 2. https://repology.org/project/palemoon/versions
> 3. https://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml
> 
> --
> Hund
> 
So what? There are flame wars all over the web. it is a good secure 
browser that does what I need and is better than Waterfox.

So what are your credentials for making the statements you do?  I have 
no credentials at all am and just a luser, but I know what works.

As an aside the local Linux users group which includes a number of 
sysops for major NZ business have  switched to Palemoon because of the 
mess Mozilla has made of Firefox trying to compete with Chrome.

da kiwi