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Install IceCat 3.6 on Ubuntu 9.10

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IceCat is a GPL version of Mozilla Firefox. Which means it’s totally free and does not have the non-free Firefox art work. Another reason to have IceCat on your machine is because you can have another browser to open side by side Firefox which has the same features as that of Firefox. You can install IceCat on your Karmic machine using the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnuzilla-team/ppa

Once you have added the repositories all that is left is to install IceCat. To do so type the following command at the terminal

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install icecat

That’s all you have to do. Following is how IceCat looks:

Have fun with a total GPL product.

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This entry was posted by Vivek on January 29, 2010 at 12:33 pm, and is filed under Featured, How-to, Ubuntu. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by Abhishek
about 6 months ago

You can use Lightbox Plus, an image-overlay plugin for better image experience.
#2 written by Linux
about 6 months ago

IceCat? Would I be right in guessing this is the replacement for IceWeasel?

Never really bothered with IceWeasel, it seemed to be another creation of a philosophy mismatch between open source devs.