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[Solved] Unable to get Iceweasel but it comes Firefox.

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[Solved] Unable to get Iceweasel but it comes Firefox.

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Hi,

I installed Iceweasel, it is not at the Menu, any way, from the terminal, as user, i call it by iceweasel and what is coming is my Firefox Quantum. :shock: How can i get it?. Thanks.
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Re: Unable to get Iceweasel but it comes Firefox.

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Debian switched from iceweasel to firefox-esr almost four years ago: https://glandium.org/blog/?p=3622

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Re: Unable to get Iceweasel but it comes Firefox.

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(((( :shock: ))))

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Re: Unable to get Iceweasel but it comes Firefox.

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More than four years, the first time i used Debian it was around 7 years ago ... many things changed ... now i'm a beginner :lol:
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Re: Unable to get Iceweasel but it comes Firefox.

#5 Post by djk44883 »

kaos wrote:More than four years, the first time i used Debian it was around 7 years ago ... many things changed ... now i'm a beginner :lol:
You got that right. Not bashing systemd... but all the information you search and find online is almost outdated due to the "change over" - it use to be fairly simple.
Some of this is just "upgrade" info, some is dramatic changes how you get things dome anymore...

Chapter 2. What's new in Debian 10
2.2. What's new in the distribution?

2.2.1. UEFI Secure Boot
2.2.2. AppArmor enabled per default
2.2.3. Optional hardening of APT
2.2.4. Unattended-upgrades for stable point releases
2.2.5. Substantially improved man pages for German speaking users
2.2.6. Network filtering based on nftables framework by default
2.2.7. Cryptsetup defaults to on-disk LUKS2 format
2.2.8. Driverless printing with CUPS 2.2.10
2.2.9. Basic support for Allwinner A64 based devices
2.2.10. News from Debian Med Blend
2.2.11. GNOME defaults to Wayland
2.2.12. Merged /usr on fresh installs
2.2.13. News from Debian Live team
and Chapter 5. Issues to be aware of for buster

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