Firemonger
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Firemonger is a community-run project with a goal of developing a multilingual easy-to-use compilation CD with Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla Firefox web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client, and a selection of useful extensions, themes and utilities.
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[edit] Overview
The project is being developed with an intended audience of novice and intermediate computer users in mind. The Firemonger compilation will therefore allow these users to install and begin using Mozilla's browser and e-mail client without the hassle of having to find and install the needed files manually.
Firemonger was designed to be distributed and run from a CD, but the program can be launched from a downloaded location as well. For ease of distribution, Firemonger publishes its files both as a zip file and as an ISO image. Each version also has a smaller lite version, containing everything in the full version, except plugins, utilities, and various resources.
The Firemonger CD jacket presents a big orange flame, logo of Firemonger. The program automatically launches an internal version of Firefox to display the program's pages. The user can then choose to install Firefox, Thunderbird, or themes and extensions for each of these programs. Guides for beginners are also included, describing each of the major features of Firefox and Thunderbird, from pop-up blocking to spell-checker and download manager. Firemonger also contains how-to's explaining installation, use and the highlights of included themes and extensions.
[edit] Background
The Firemonger Project was founded by James Wierick in September 2004 and was originally called FirefoxCD. It was renamed The Firemonger Project in November 2004. In July 2005, The Firemonger Project merged with the MozCD Project, combining the advantages of both projects for the v2 release(later released as 1.5). Over time, it has been contributed to by many people who enjoy using Firefox and Thunderbird and want others to benefit from these quality, free programs.
[edit] Current version
As of December 2005, the current version is Firemonger 1.5. This version was released shortly after the release of Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 browser and incorporated many changes and improvements. Starting with version 1.5, Firemonger Project's releases use the MozCD technology, in order to add many new features and capabilities to the CD, make it more user-friendly, and improve updating tasks for the project's translators. The software's backbone now consists of XHTML files which use DTD's to include text. One of the over 15 available localizations can be chosen when the program starts.
[edit] License information
The Firemonger Project is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 license. Materials and software included in the compilation are distributed under their own licenses.
[edit] External links
- Firemonger Home Page
- Firemonger Forums - The forums are the community center for Firemonger, where discussion of developing, improving, and spreading the product takes place.
