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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:23 pm
by xeno74
FYI:
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi!
Just as a warning in advance: Mozilla upstream has decided to make the Rust
programming language mandatory for Firefox 54 onwards [1].
Unfortunately, Mozilla currently has little interest to support Rust non-x86
platforms in a stable manner which is why the Rust compiler rustc is currently
really usable on i386, amd64 and with some luck on arm64 [2].
Thus, it can be expected that Firefox 54 and newer will no longer run on
any PowerPC platforms, especially 32-bit variants.
It's a sad state but Mozilla upstream has decided to make this cut which
will also eventually see the removal of XUL support and hence the support
for most of the popular Addons that exist in Firefox like Vimperator.
Adrian
[1]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284816
[2]
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermai ... 00758.html
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:38 am
by xeno74
Bug report for the Firefox problem:
Link
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:24 pm
by xeno74
Hi All,
Firefox
52.0b9 is available for
Debian Sid/experimental PowerPC for testing. You can install it with
apt-get install -t experimental firefox. You need the experimental main repository.
For example my sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list):
Code: Select all
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental main
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
I modified a bit Firefox
52.0b9 and now it runs on
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC as well. I uploaded this modified version to my web space today.
Download:
firefox-52.0b9-32-bit-powerpc.tar.gz
You can start it with
./firefox_ubuntu_start.sh. If you like to create a launcher on the desktop, please use the script
firefox_ubuntu_desktop_start.sh instead.
Screenshot of
Firefox 52.0b9 on
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC:
Cheers,
Christian
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:03 pm
by xeno74
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:00 pm
by xeno74
Firefox
ESR 45.7.0 is available for Debian Sid.
Mozilla wrote:
What is Mozilla Firefox ESR?
Mozilla will offer an Extended Support Release (ESR) based on an official release of Firefox for desktop for use by organizations including schools, universities, businesses and others who need extended support for mass deployments.
Screenshot of the new Firefox
ESR 45.7.0:
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:49 pm
by xeno74
Hi All,
Firefox
52.0 is available for
Debian Sid PowerPC. It works on
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC as well.
I uploaded it for
ubuntu MATE 17.04.
Download:
firefox-52.0-1-32-bit-powerpc.tar.bz2
Screenshot of
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC with the new
Firefox 52.0-1:
Cheers,
Christian
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:28 pm
by xeno74
Hi All,
Mozilla updated Firefox two days ago. The new version
52.0.1 is available for
Debian Sid PowerPC. It works on
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC as well.
I uploaded it for
ubuntu MATE 17.04.
Download:
firefox-52.0.1-1-32-bit-powerpc.tar.gz
Screenshot of
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC with the new
Firefox 52.0.1-1:
Cheers,
Christian
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:27 am
by xeno74
Hi All,
Thunderbird
45.8.0-2 is available for
Debian Sid PowerPC. It works on
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC as well.
I uploaded it for
ubuntu MATE 17.04.
Download:
thunderbird-45.8.0-2-32-bit-powerpc.tar.gz
Screenshot of
ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC with the new
Thunderbird 45.8.0-2:
Cheers,
Christian
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:18 pm
by xeno74
Hi All,
The new Firefox
52.0.2 is available for
Debian Sid PowerPC. It works on the
MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 as well.
I uploaded it for the
MATE PowerPC Remix 2017.
Download:
firefox-52.0.2-1-32-bit-powerpc.tar.gz
Screenshot of the
MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the new
Firefox 52.0.2-1:
Cheers,
Christian
Re: Firefox and Thunderbird for Linux PPC
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:31 am
by xeno74
Hi All,
Thunderbird
45.8.0-3 is available for
Debian Sid PowerPC. It works on the
MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 as well.
I uploaded it for the
MATE PowerPC Remix 2017.
Download:
thunderbird-45.8.0-3-32-bit-powerpc.tar.gz
Screenshot of the
MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the new
Thunderbird 45.8.0-3:
Cheers,
Christian