linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] The Debian Choice...//Iceweasel

An old Linux pro called Thad, put Firefox 16 on all his computers, because it was last without a backdoor of some kind, but I don't know the details and he's not replying to Yahoo mail lists that much these days because of the Neo breaking so much. Maybe others here know what I'm referring to...

Joan in Reno

From: "highskywhy@yahoo.de" <highskywhy@yahoo.de>
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 5:03 AM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] The Debian Choice...//Iceweasel

Good morning

a friend of mine is using win and netscape.

He says:

the browser is fast and safe
because netscape cannot understand the modern dirt.

question:

is it possibel to use an old browser
in Linux?

regards

sophie

Am 25.04.2014 20:05, schrieb John Ferrell:
> As a Newbie myself, this is the way I see it:
> Debian is a conservative product. The latest distro is not a work in
> process, every effort is made to make it ready to work without
> unpleasant surprises.
> Ubuntu takes a more aggressive stance with its product. They want the
> latest and greatest NOW! They are good at avoiding most disasters with
> their testing but they intend to be on the cutting edge of performance,
> features and bling.
> It seems there are some "innovations" in Firefox that concerns the
> Debian folks. They choose to not endorse the current Firefox by hanging
> on to an earlier version which they have tagged IceWeasel.
> It would be interesting to read the differences between FireFox/IceWeasel.
> For the moment, I like the Debian business plan for me.
>
> On 4/25/2014 10:46 AM, highskywhy@yahoo.de wrote:
> >
> > I am crying now
> > because Iceweasel was so good.
>