Iceweasel is a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser.It is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
Questions tagged [iceweasel]
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Are IceWeasel / IceCat just re-brandings, or are they actually different from Firefox / Thunderbird?
As we know, Firefox' branding (name, logo etc.) is non-free copyrighted, so some Linux distributions package (more-)fully-free versions.
However, I can't get a straight explanation on Wikipedia (here or here) or in the IceCat webpage about the two…
einpoklum
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Hide status line / bottom bar in vimperator?
Is there a way to hide or maybe just autohide the status bar in vimperator?
user3094719
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Iceweasel chooses random font
My Iceweasel browser was working fine until yesterday when I installed some new fonts in my system after which webpages are displayed in some random font. This does not happen on all websites but on those websites where the default fonts are loaded.…
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Vimperator seems to search with Google by default – how to change that
On a Debian system I use
Mozilla Iceweasel 10.0.11, with
Vimperator 3.5.
I want to change the search engine which vimperator (not iceweasel) seems to use by default.
If I type things like :open thing_I_wanna_lookup vimperator opens Google to…
k.stm
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How to install 32 bit Iceweasel/Firefox and Java plugin so that webex audio works on Debian 64 bit?
Colleagues would like to communicate in a videoconference using Cisco Webex. This requires the Java plugin for Firefox/Iceweasel. Based on this blog, I installed the web browser plugin based on OpenJDK 7 and IcedTea:
apt-get install…
Paul Rougieux
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Removing iceweasel from Debian
On Debian Wheezy, when trying to remove Iceweasel, aptitude suggests, both when I try it via GUI and via aptitude remove iceweasel to also remove the following:
1) gnome
2) …
Margareth
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How to set the default encoding to Unicode?
How do I set the default encoding in Firefox/Iceweasel to Unicode (instead of Western)?
I'm particularly interested in the default encoding for *.txt files. Firefox/Iceweasel seems to always choose Western as the encoding for such files. I know…
kjo
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How to get back to the default look of Firefox (Iceweasel) UI on CrunchBang?
I've just installed CrunchBang and I'm exploring the default Firefox front end called Iceweasel.
However, the UI of it seems to be tweaked to be Windows-friendly. Instead of the familiar "File Edit etc" menu bar at the top, there's only a single…
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Why does gtk-gnash eat CPU resources at 90%+?
I use Iceweasel with Debian Squeeze. When I browse some websites, e.g. http://www.dedoimedo.com, it sometimes happens that the gtk-gnash program uses more than 90% of my CPU resources. When I close that website, the gtk-gnash sleeps. If I open the…
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Is there any option in firefox to not load non-SSL elements in a SSL-page?
When I have mixed content (SSL and non-SSL on a https:// page), I would rather have a broken page than an insecure page.
Is there any way to disable the loading of non-SSL elements while on an https page?
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What is the difference between the Iceweasel versions?
I am a Xubuntu LTS user, considering using Debian Stable 64 bit in my next install.
When I switch to Debian, I want to go with Iceweasel, as it is packaged with the Debian package manager. I plan to use this Debian Mozilla Team wizard:…
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Only 360p resolution on YouTube with Iceweasel on Debian 8 (Jessie)
With a fresh installation of Debian 8 (KDE) using Iceweasel I can only play YouTube videos with 360p resolution and lower.
(Can't post screenshot due to low reputation :/)
There is a solution that works with Fedora 20…
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PNG/BMP images become blurred on zoom
I recently installed a Debian Jessie desktop and when opening PNG/BMP images it all becomes blurred on zoom (in or out). With the image at 100%, everything looks sharp as expected.
This happens both on Image Viewer and Iceweasel.
When opening the…
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Where are cookies are stored in Iceweasel on Linux?
My question is similar to
Where are cookies of Firefox stored in windows?
but, I am using Iceweasel (on Linux) which, supposedly, is almost the same as Firefox.
Where are the cookies stored, how can they be read, etc? To find answers to such…
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Is it possible to use firefox hello in debian iceweasel?
Now that I have Iceweasel version 38.2.1 installed in Debian Jessie (stable), this discussion says it should be possible to use the internet phone within Iceweasel. But I can't see "Hello" in the Iceweasel menu.
One bug reported in Debian concerns…
Paul Rougieux
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