Hi,
I'd like to gradually replace non-free FireFox and Thunderbird with appropriate GPL-licensed software.
1. I'd like to start with IRC-client, which I visit rarer than other 2 Thunderbird's is anyway inferior. What are modern GUI GTK-based standalone IRC-clients? Pidgin looks outdated.
2. Email-client. As a GNOME user I probably would go with Evolution, but your suggestions are very welcome.
3. Finally, a program I use most. I tried SeaMonkey. it's inferior. I like Pale Moon, but it unfortunately has inappropriate license. Is IceCat decent? I haven't tried it yet. Also, gopher/gemini support won't hurt, if you have some good recommendations.
Thanks in advance, good Sirs!
hi
Hello, Sir. How can I help you today?
Just use Emacs for IRC and e-mail, as I do.
If you're a fan of GTK, HexChat and Sylpheed are nice clients.
As far as usable browsers go, your options are thinner these days. I personally like SeaMonkey a lot, but IceCat is good if you're used to Firefox and your system packages it. There's also some WebKitGTK-based browsers around which are usable.
Name the plugins.
Gnus and erc. Both are built in.
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I use erc, there's another available, and both rmail and gnus.
mpl 2.0 is 100% libre
Proofs? I've read different opinions on that: from "compatible with GPL" to
While the Firefox source code from the Mozilla project is free software, they distribute and recommend nonfree software as plug-ins and addons. Also their trademark license imposes requirements for the distribution of modified versions that make it inconvenient to exercise freedom 3.
I tried Hexchat, it's fine for me.
I'll use it before I replace Linux tranny shitware with Emacs completely.
I use the same.
eww is decent too for lightweight sites. But I need to keep Firefox around for most commercial sites, unless they're designed to work without Javascript.
For similar tools, there's also sbbs.el for using this board. And I try to migrate as much as possible of my regular Web browsing to RSS/Atom feeds and Newsticker.
Are gnus just anus with a g
In some Slavic languages it's gnat.
Web browsing to RSS/Atom feeds and Newsticker
What do you use for RSS/Atom feeds? I also use Thunderbird for that, are there any replacements outside browser extensions and outside Emacs.
they distribute and recommend nonfree software
this shit absolutely does not infringe a fucking thing
lol what heck you are FREE to use them or not
licences imply priority use of the english language*, but you can simply not use it at all
*it is well known that the english language is considered harmful
Also their trademark license imposes... inconvenient
protecting your name is not an "inconvenience"
i can not keep naming things as gnu at my personal pleasure, it offends and assaults the reputation of many
Sorry I was unclear. I use the Newsticker feature of Emacs to read feeds ( https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/newsticker/index.html ). I don't know enough to recommend standalone programs outside Emacs.
For the past few years I've been trying to live as much as possible in Emacs (i.e. use it as more than a text editor). I just got tired of learning new programs that work wildly differently every few years. For example for IRC I went through ircII->bitchX->irssi->weechat, all of which are very good but I just got tired of the churn. Similarly for pine/mutt/alpine. Emacs has always been there, all the parts of it work somewhat similar to each other, it's very well documented. And I suspect it will stick around for another few decades anyway.
ungoogled-chromium (certified FREE SOFTWARE by default in the GNU Guix operating system's repository)
claws-mail
I don't know any IRC. I know that Emacs has an IRC client called erc, and it can have GUI in GTK, so maybe it technically fits.
IRC
Install Irssi or Hexchat (if you want a gui)
Email-client
Install Claws Mail (if you want a gui) or Mutt/NeoMutt
browser
Install Chromium/Ungoogled Chromium and Lynx (use it for Gopher and WWW). Use Amfora for Gemini.
elfeed and eww are great for just reading stuff in emacs
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It seems obvious from this thread that you're getting at least 2, maybe 3 sets of recommendations. Depending on what kind of UI you want: GUI, Text UI, or Emacs. This is really up to your taste, but is the first thing you need to decide.
Just to fill in a blank, I wasn't sure if you were interested in Gemini (although I like it). But elpher is a good browser for that in Emacs.