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On 03/30 09:45, Dale wrote: |
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> tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> > On 03/30 09:23, Dale wrote: |
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> >> Adam Carter wrote: |
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> >>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com |
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> >>> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Howdy, |
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> >>> |
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> >>> I been holding off on upgrading Firefox. Basically, it breaks addons |
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> >>> that I just can't go without. Tab groups and some other tab utilities |
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> >>> are among them. I recently updated temporarily to see just what was |
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> >>> going to be broken and what I could do to adjust. It seems some have |
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> >>> alternatives but some don't. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>> The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment ( |
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> >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/650472 ) so its probably not worth upgrading |
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> >>> until that issue is fixed, unless you use the mozilla overlay. |
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> >>> |
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> >> My biggest problem is that addons are broken on anything 57 and above. |
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> >> At least that seems to be the version that stops old addons from |
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> >> working. Would the latest release have a way for the old addons to |
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> >> work? If not, then it doesn't matter if it is 58, 59 or 60. |
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> >> |
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> >> Basically, I'm trying to figure out if others are doing like I am and |
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> >> keeping a older version of Firefox installed because of the addons no |
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> >> longer working. If someone has been able to find comparable addons to |
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> >> the ones that no longer work on the newer Firefox versions, I'd like to |
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> >> know that as well. Right now, I'm sticking with older versions of |
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> >> Firefox. I don't like the security problems that may cause but it is |
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> >> what it is. |
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> >> |
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> >> Since I posted the message above, I've looked into Palemoon, Vivaldi, |
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> >> Opera and dug around to see what else I can try. So far, none of them |
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> >> can do what pre 57 versions of Firefox can with the addons I use. |
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> >> |
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> >> Just trying to get ideas and info on this mess. |
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> >> |
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> >> Dale |
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> >> |
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> >> :-) :-) |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > I switched to waterfox for privacy reasons and it supports the older |
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> > plugin system. |
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> > No need to stay to older version (keeping older bugs, which may |
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> > affect seurity) ... |
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> > |
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> > Waterfox is opensourced and it has a smaller memory footprint. |
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> > https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ |
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> > No advertising intended...I am only an user. |
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> > |
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> > Cheers! |
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> > Meino |
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> > |
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> I ran up on a site where that was talked about. It's not in the tree |
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> tho. How did you install it? Is it just download and run it from |
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> command line or a manual addition to the menu system? Is there a |
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> overlay with it in it? While I like Firefox, the memory hog that it |
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> sometimes is, I'm not opposed to switching to something else. |
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> Thanks for the info. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Hi Dale, |
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I downloaded the archive, unpacked it in a separate directory, moved |
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that to /usr/local/., made a symlink from /usr/local/bin/waterfox to |
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the executable in that directory and: DONE :) |
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Ok...I did an entry inti menu.xml of my openbox...manually ;) |
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Since waterfox is contained in a single directory, gentoo will not be |
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"polluted" and the removal/upgrade of waterfox is easy. |
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It is not the original genuine sacred of Gentoo, though. ;) |
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Cheers! |
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Meino |