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tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> On 03/30 09:45, Dale wrote: |
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>> tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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>> |
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>>> Hi, |
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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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>>> 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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>>> 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 |
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Cool. I was peeking into overlays and was having no luck at all. I |
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thought I found it twice but it seems they were removed or something. |
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There was other stuff in the overlays but not Waterfox. |
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I'll go download it and give it a whirl. Heck, if it isn't so much of a |
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memory hog, that will be a bonus. LOL |
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Thanks much. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. May reply again if it works really well, for the benefit of others |
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who may want to give it a try. ;-) |