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GNUzilla and IceCat - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser.

Its main advantage is an ethical one:

it is entirely free software.

While the Firefox source code from the Mozilla project is free software,

they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins and addons.

In addition, GNU IceCat includes some privacy protection features, included in a separate addon:

1. Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of cookies. When IceCat detects this mechanism it blocks cookies from the site hosting the zero-length image file. (It is possible to re-enable such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts list.)
2. Other sites rewrite the host name in links redirecting the user to another site, mainly to "spy" on clicks. When this behavior is detected, IceCat shows a message alerting the user.

To see these new features in action, some test pages are available.

Downloads

Official releases of IceCat are available from ftp.gnu.org, or any GNU mirror. Please use a mirror if possible. Besides the sources, a binary release for GNU/Linux / x86 (32 bit) is available.

Test releases of IceCat are available from http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download.

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