New default web browser on KDE Spin

[Mustafa Muhammad]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> Eric Griffith wrote:
>> Hey all, question for the List:
>>
>> What would it take / whats the protocol to push forward the idea of
>> replacing Konqueror as the default web browser? Konqueror doesn't seem
>> like its going anywhere, and I really think that the user experience would
>> be better served if either Rekonq, or ideally, Firefox were the default
>> browsers. Is there any specific reason that Konqueror has stuck around as
>> the default for so long?
>
> Oh, please, not this discussion AGAIN!
>
> See: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/2014-March/013298.html
>
> Firefox has since continued on its freedom-unfriendly road by introducing
> restricted extensions, the browser version of restricted boot ("Secure
> Boot"): It will refuse to load any extensions not signed by Mozilla! How is
> this compatible with the spirit of Free Software?
This can be disabled, we can ship without this feature.
And it IS a feature, to protect from malicious addons.

>
> But the main showstopper for the KDE spin is still the total lack of Plasma
> integration.

There is some integration, I used it in openSUSE and in Tanglu, were
using multiple repos but I think the final is here:
https://github.com/plasmazilla

>
> Rekonq is a more acceptable option, but the only real difference between
> Konqueror+KWebKitPart and Rekonq is the UI (they use the same engine), so it
> is mostly a matter of taste, also keeping in mind that the upstream default
> is Konqueror. But (even though I prefer Konqueror) I am not going to oppose
> a switch to Rekonq if the majority decides that way. It is Firefox that I
> have a problem with on a KDE spin.

Why not use a public poll, for Fedora KDE "users"

>
>         Kevin Kofler
>
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