Questions tagged [iceweasel]
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What is the difference between Iceweasel and Firefox?
I have used Mozilla Firefox on Windows, and now I'm using Iceweasel on Debian 6.
Are there any differences between the two programs?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each program?
Which one seems better?
Mughil
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Why does removing Iceweasel nuke GNOME?
I hav an older Debian 7 VM for testing. I'm trying to reduce VM footprint size because I am about out of space. I wanted to remove Iceweasel since I don't really use it, and I can usually get by with wget. When I ran Apt it told me it was removing…
user56041
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Why does Stackoverflow in Iceweasel cause high CPU usage for Xorg?
If I go to the front page of this site, and hit page down/page up repeatedly, it's pretty quick, and firefox-bin (iceweasel) uses maybe 50% CPU, Xorg uses maybe 40%.
If I go to Stackoverflow's main page instead, though, each page down/up takes…
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Flash plugin of debian vulnerable?
I run Debian wheezy with Iceweasel as browser and have installed the Flash plugin similar to this description. Today I read that not only Flash on Windows and Mac also Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.350 and earlier versions for Linux are vulnerable to…
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On Debian Testing: How to get a recent Iceweasel Release (non-ESR) version without updating to Unstable?
I'm on Debian Jessie / testing. It currently has Iceweasel 17, but I would rather like to use a more recent release (Mozilla "Release" or "Firefox" 'channel' - currently Iceweasel 25).
http://mozilla.debian.net/ recommends:
You need to add the…
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Debian Kde Iceweasel/Firefox: setting custom protocols handlers
I recently switched from Ubuntu 10.04 gnome to Debian wheezy Kde.
Everything's work fine, except to the Iceweasel/firefox custom protocols!
I added komodo.protocol in my ~/.kde/share/services with:
[Protocol]
exec=python /path/to/my/script.py…
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H.264 support in Firefox (Iceweasel) 24
I am using Firefox (Iceweasel) 24 in Debian Wheezy. When I go to https://www.youtube.com/html5 it shows me that my browser does not support H.264
When I go to the same URL with Chrome, it shows H.264 is supported
After googling, I found few debian…
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How do I run chromium inside a chroot?
Okay, I can run Iceweasel 17 ESR fine and some simple X apps like xkill, so I know that it's not merely an X display problem. However any version of Chromium and Iceweasel 24 fail with the following errors respectively:
mikoto@localhost:~$ chromium…
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How to install Aurora (Firefox) on Debian?
How to install the latest Firefox build (called Aurora) on Debian unstable? Are there any packages or repositories?
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Iceweasel: Change default/home page via command line
I'd like to change the home/default page (which is shown at startup).
I know how to change it in the iceweasel GUI (preferences), but I'd like to change it remotely via SSH.
Is there a config file which contains the default page?
EDIT:
I need it as…
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Disc light comes on when pressing keys in Iceweasel Preferences? Is this malevolent?
On Linux,I'm using the Iceweasel web browser (it's effectively Firefox), and in
Edit/Preferences/General/Startup, when I type a URL into the "Home Page" box,
the hard disc light comes on for EVERY press of a key (eg www.google.com). This
seems odd…
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Why is my keyboard typing the wrong letters?
While surfing with Iceweasel, I tried typing in a Web address, but I found, that every few keys, it started typing other letters instead of the ones I typed. For example, if I typed "c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c" it printed "ckexccccckex" or if I typed…
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How to install latest flash player for Iceweasel/Firefox
How does one install the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player for Iceweasel/Firefox?
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How do I make "startx iceweasel" launch full-screen?
I've done a clean install of Raspian Lite on my Rasperry Pi (there is no desktop environment installed). I'd like a kiosk-mode browser running fullscreen without having to worry about maintaining/securing a DE.
After installing Raspbian Lite, I did…
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Switching sound card without restarting the browser
Does anyone know if Iceweasel (Firefox) runs HTML5 audio/video in a separate process that can be restarted? With Flash I can restart plugin-container after changing the sound card in ~/.asoundrc. With HTML5 audio/video it seems like I need to…
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