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[http://www.chromium.org/ Chromium] is a free browser. (It should *NOT* be confused with Google Chrome, which shares a codebase with Chromium but is not free software.) | [http://www.chromium.org/ Chromium] is a free browser. (It should *NOT* be confused with Google Chrome, which shares a codebase with Chromium but is not free software.) | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 29 December 2015
These days there are several free software browsers available. It's important to use browsers which support media formats not encumbered by patents. This page documents browsers which are highly featured, have graphical interfaces, and support free formats.
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Free browsers, caveat free
GNU IceCat
GNU Icecat is a free browser based on Mozilla's Firefox. It contains several privacy enhancements and includes extensions like LibreJS turned on by default.
It is sometimes a bit behind Firefox in releases.
Chromium
Chromium is a free browser. (It should *NOT* be confused with Google Chrome, which shares a codebase with Chromium but is not free software.)
Iceweasel
Iceweasel is really just Firefox, but rebranded by Debian to be free of trademark issues.
Free browsers, with caveats
Firefox
Jason Self will fill in his opinions here ;)
Browsers to avoid
These browsers are entirely nonfree. You may hear recommendations to use them. Please avoid them, and instead use one of the above browsers.
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Internet Explorer
