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hiushoz

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A dumb question about firefox? [SOLVED]

I installed the firefox package. Weird thing is the browser doesn't have firefox branding. Like the home page is the mozilla start page not the distributions home everything is vanilla but why is the firefox branding/artwork not there? Dumb question I know I just find this a bit wierd against the Arch Way of modifying packages.

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moetunes

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Re: A dumb question about firefox? [SOLVED]

The firefox name and artwork is trademarked so it is not opensource anymore so alternatives are used. The application itself is still opensource.

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Re: A dumb question about firefox? [SOLVED]

Its the second sentence on the Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox

The Firefox package in Arch Linux is compiled without official branding, which means that when Firefox is started it will use an alternate icon and will be named after its release series' codename. This has to be done because a distribution may use the name "Firefox" and its artwork only if there are no unofficial modifications, including security patches.

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hiushoz

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Re: A dumb question about firefox? [SOLVED]

thanks