IceCat 3, the latest version of the GNUzilla version of the popular Firefox browser has been released. The main advantage of Icecat is an ethical one according to its makers.

“It is entirely free software. While the source code from the Mozilla project is free software, the binaries that they release include additional non-free software. Also, they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins,” the GNUzilla team says.

GNU IceCat also includes some privacy protection features including users warnings for sites that use zero-sized images to track users and those that redirect to another site.

Apart from the free software, Icecat operates much the same as Firefox 3 and at first sight could be mistaken for Firefox.

So for the browsing benefits of Firefox with the peace of mind of using truly free software, download a copy of IceCat 3 here:

http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icecat-3-g1.tar.bz2

http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icecat-3.0-g1-i386.tar.bz2