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AlbusLuna is More Nutritious than Tuna

This is https://albusluna.com/ also known as https://palemoon.net/

Note: The mark “palemoon” aka “PaleMoon” and “Pale Moon” is used in the domain name and in dis­cus­sion under Fair Use and Nominative Use.

This site has moved to a no-DMCA jurisdiction.

What Can You Get Here?

The main thing on this web­site is the UXP Browser Bundle.

The UXP Browser Bundle is a source code bun­dle for 6 UXP based Linux FOSS pro­grams. The pro­grams include three web browsers and two Thunderbird ® work-alikes.

The focus is on a web browser named AlbusLuna. However, the other 5 pro­grams may be of in­ter­est.

Note: The UXP Browser Bundle will probably work under Windows with minor changes. Feedback on Windows sup­port is invited.

UXP means that the bun­dle is lightweight and port­a­ble. There are only a few de­pen­den­cies compared to other web browsers and Thunderbirds. Most importantly, you don't need Rust [a very heavy subsytem]. The build pro­cess is ridiculously sim­ple compared to Chromium ®, Firefox ®, and Thunderbird ®.

The 6 pro­grams can be built in one go using a single sim­ple CLI com­mand.

UXP means XUL sup­port as well. These pro­grams support classic pre-Quantum Firefox and Thunderbird ex­ten­sions. Pale Moon and Basilisk ex­ten­sions are sup­port­ed as well.

What's in the Box?

The 3 most important pro­grams provided are:

* AlbusLuna. This is a revived Classic Firefox with batteries in­clud­ed. I.e. A few ex­ten­sions are built-in. But the key selling point for the pro­gram [which is 100% free] is that it's true FOSS. PaleMoon ® — on which AlbusLuna is based — is not.

* Snake aka Serpent. This is an unbranded browser based on Basilisk. Basilisk is avail­able from up­stream, but it's convenient to have this browser as part of a port­a­ble and easily build­a­ble bundle.

* Epyrus. This is a Thunderbird fork. The key features of this copy are pre-in­stall­ed extensions and inclusion in an easily build­a­ble bundle.

Three less maintained, abandoned, or obso­lete programs are provided as well:

* Ambassador. This is a revived ChatZilla. It's avail­able at up­stream sites in browser extension form. However, it's in­clud­ed in the UXP Browser Bundle for devel­op­ers or users who'd like to have it as a stand-alone pro­gram.

* Blue Gorilla. Revived SeaMonkey. This one needs work but we're tinkering with it over time.

* Icedove. This is a revived Icedove aka Classic Thunderbird. If you have Epyrus, you don't need Icedove, but Icedove might be of in­ter­est to devel­op­ers.

AlbusLuna Mission Statement

The UXP Browser Bundle includes Albus Luna. Albus Luna is a Classic Firefox ® work-alike based on a well-known Firefox ® fork named PaleMoon ®.

PaleMoon ® is dis­tri­bu­ted under unusually re­stric­tive terms and con­di­tions. This is intentional. The PaleMoon team has, in the past, abused the FOSS license pro­cess and has even threatened to physically harm peo­ple.

BSD peo­ple might re­mem­ber Matt Tobin aka Captain Tobin. Tobin was a PaleMoon lead. I under­stand that his interactions with the BSD project were memorable.

Matt Tobin once told me that he was going to hunt me down and kill me and then kill me again and kill me some more after that. So much kill.

PaleMoon isn't a friendly or safe place. Tobin has left the project, but PaleMoon remains hos­tile to FOSS devel­op­ers who try to use the PaleMoon code. Even though the code is FOSS.

AlbusLuna offers the FOSS com­mun­i­ty a PaleMoon de­ri­va­tive that can be mod­i­fied with fewer issues. In short, AlbusLuna is a pre-Quantum Classic Firefox ® fork that you can tweak large­ly as you wish.

Does your startup need its own browser? Wish to make a Babushka Browser for your grandmother's birthday? PaleMoon forbids this.

AlbusLuna says, go nuts, have fun, add a new star to the FOSS galaxy. Do change the name of your browser, though.

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