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fredx181

Joined: 11 Dec 2013 Posts: 4481 Location: holland
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Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2019, 12:45 Post subject:
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Here's a thread with info about how to solve some possible issues with the latest Palemoon.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=115266
For users running on machines with Intel graphics, but probably not all Intel graphics are affected, (I have it also, but no such problems for me)
Fred
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backi
Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 2007 Location: GERMANY
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2019, 11:42 Post subject:
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Hi !
I am not really satisfied with new Versions of Palemoon 28.xxx.
Since all my Add-ons ( Imtranslater-Ublock Origin-Umatrix -Disconnect- Open With ) no longer working and could not find any adequate Substitute ......it does not make any sense for me to use it ( any longer ) .
Lack of Ublock and Umatrix makes this new Version really slow .
So I now did (re) discovered Firefox Quantum again .I am amazed how blazing fast it works .......of course all my Add-Ons are working too .
Also just switched back to Palemoon 27.9.4 and all my Frustrations are gone and my Add-Ons are also back again .
Did give Palemoon 28.4 a real fair Chance.........but sorry .......maybe later ....
What`s your Experience/Opinion ?
Btw:Switched all my Internet Browsers and Thunderbird to "Portable" Versions .
Dont know if there is any Advantage ( beside of being "portable" ) in it or if there are any ( hidden ) Downsides to it . Maybe anybody can explain .
But somehow i like it this Way .
Regards !
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8427 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2019, 12:38 Post subject:
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Backi, check this out on PM 28.4.0! >> http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=1020121#1020121
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a_salty_dogg

Joined: 15 Dec 2013 Posts: 181
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2019, 12:40 Post subject:
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@ backi
The current latest Ublock Origin version compatible with Palemoon can be found by going to this page and scrolling down to the first entry headed (in large blue font, thus) "firefox-legacy-x.xx.x.x", then clicking on "uBlock0.firefox-legacy.xpi" and installing in the usual way.
EDIT - Sorry Semme, our posts crossed!
Though many thanks to you and 666philb for that link and add-on, didn't know about it
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backi
Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 2007 Location: GERMANY
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2019, 13:22 Post subject:
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Hi Salty Dog -----Semme !
Thanks for Advice ....... so i got all my Add-ons working on Palemoon 28.4 .
But........still not convinced from Version 28.4 -----
Made some Test....... even Palemoon 27.9.4 is definitely snappier----
Using 64 Bit Versions on a Dell Precision M6600 with enough Horsepower .....
As a ( former) hard-core Palemoon User ..... sorry but i have to say..... Firefox Quantum is a Beast...........can`t be beat by Palemoon (in my Case ) ......lightning fast .....easy on Cpu .....low on ram (on a 64Bit Os ....posting now from it on Devuan Dog with E17( in Reality E22) Enlightenment Desktop ) .
Seems i am back now to Firefox .....unless someone can give me some real good Reasons to keep Palemoon which i doubt that it will happen .(means .....make it faster )
Probably Palemoon is better for older Laptops which is (no longer ) the Case for me .
Maybe later (again) .
Edit :
O.K Palemoon 27.9.4 and Firefox are nearly equal fast .......but 28.4 still a Problem Child .
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6502coder

Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 682 Location: Western United States
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Posted: Sun 07 Apr 2019, 20:34 Post subject:
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I added Mike's portable PaleMoon PET to a frugal install of SailorE's Slacko583, along with Mike's GTK3 PET, updated to the current PaleMoon 28.4.1, and find that the performance is surprisingly good on my ancient 1.GHz Celeron M laptop. I had about given up trying to find an up-to-date browser that would run decently on YouTube on this hardware. Nice job, Mike!
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Mike Walsh

Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.
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Posted: Mon 08 Apr 2019, 10:15 Post subject:
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6502coder wrote: | I added Mike's portable PaleMoon PET to a frugal install of SailorE's Slacko583, along with Mike's GTK3 PET, updated to the current PaleMoon 28.4.1, and find that the performance is surprisingly good on my ancient 1.GHz Celeron M laptop. I had about given up trying to find an up-to-date browser that would run decently on YouTube on this hardware. Nice job, Mike! |
You're very welcome, mate. Fred deserves a wee bit of credit too, though, for coming up with the 'portable-FF Quantum' that inspired me in the first place.
Enjoy!
Mike.
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nic007

Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 3444 Location: Cradle of Humankind
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Posted: Sat 07 Sep 2019, 06:15 Post subject:
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I have a question with regards to these portable versions. As I Inderstand it, it is self-contained running from a folder wherever you place it. Do these versions run in preference to the base sfs (as in layer of system operation) with regards to newer glibc's, etc? Pets load "on top" of the base sfs and sfs addons at "lower level" in comparison to the base sfs.
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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 2022 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sat 07 Sep 2019, 06:31 Post subject:
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I know that you can't perform a glibc upgrade with an sfs: you have to install a working deb or pet file. The new glibc must be at top level. So I think that these portable versions run at top level with preference to the base sfs.
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nic007

Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 3444 Location: Cradle of Humankind
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Posted: Sat 07 Sep 2019, 08:12 Post subject:
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watchdog wrote: | I know that you can't perform a glibc upgrade with an sfs: you have to install a working deb or pet file. The new glibc must be at top level. So I think that these portable versions run at top level with preference to the base sfs. |
Yes but it will be interesting to know how it achieves that.
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nic007

Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 3444 Location: Cradle of Humankind
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Posted: Thu 12 Sep 2019, 02:03 Post subject:
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Just as a matter of interest - Most browsers can be downloaded as self-contained tarballs from the official sites. These are actually portable versions already because all you need to do is to extract the tarball anywhere you like and run the application from its executable in the extracted folder.
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Mike Walsh

Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.
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Posted: Thu 12 Sep 2019, 06:29 Post subject:
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nic007 wrote: | Just as a matter of interest - Most browsers can be downloaded as self-contained tarballs from the official sites. These are actually portable versions already because all you need to do is to extract the tarball anywhere you like and run the application from its executable in the extracted folder. |
Mm-hm. Yes, I couldn't agree more. They do come in essentially 'portable' format already. But, as I've alluded to on many occasions, you're carefully overlooking the fact that if you use the browser, as is, on multiple machines, then on each & every machine it creates a new, fresh profile in each Pup's root directory.
As you yourself have said, you can indeed link a common profile between multiple Pups, especially on the same machine. That works fine; I've been doing that myself for a long time. And yes, you could copy that profile from machine to machine. That, too, would work.
I just think that the way these 'portables' run, the way Fred did them, are more convenient, that's all.....because you have your profile, all set up and ready to use, wherever you want to use it (without needing to copy over, or sym-link, or create fresh new profiles, etc, etc.)
Perhaps we are trying to 're-invent the wheel'..? I don't know. Each to their own, of course.
Mike.
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nic007

Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 3444 Location: Cradle of Humankind
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Posted: Thu 12 Sep 2019, 07:53 Post subject:
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Mike Walsh wrote: | nic007 wrote: | Just as a matter of interest - Most browsers can be downloaded as self-contained tarballs from the official sites. These are actually portable versions already because all you need to do is to extract the tarball anywhere you like and run the application from its executable in the extracted folder. |
Mm-hm. Yes, I couldn't agree more. They do come in essentially 'portable' format already. But, as I've alluded to on many occasions, you're carefully overlooking the fact that if you use the browser, as is, on multiple machines, then on each & every machine it creates a new, fresh profile in each Pup's root directory.
As you yourself have said, you can indeed link a common profile between multiple Pups, especially on the same machine. That works fine; I've been doing that myself for a long time. And yes, you could copy that profile from machine to machine. That, too, would work.
I just think that the way these 'portables' run, the way Fred did them, are more convenient, that's all.....because you have your profile, all set up and ready to use, wherever you want to use it (without needing to copy over, or sym-link, or create fresh new profiles, etc, etc.)
Perhaps we are trying to 're-invent the wheel'..? I don't know. Each to their own, of course.
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Mike. I'm not having a go at your portable versions, I just want to know more. For instance my previous question here which has not been answered yet (about the preference system "layer" of loading a portable version) and also - where are the palemoon files loaded ie. Profile , cache,etc, in root or where?
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Mike Walsh

Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.
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Posted: Thu 12 Sep 2019, 09:28 Post subject:
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@ Nic:-
Mm. Huh. I'm really not the person to ask about the ins & outs of how precisely something works in Puppy.....specially not with regard to the various layers (which I honestly don't understand).
My approach to doing stuff like this in Puppy is that if I can get something to work- and can consistently reproduce that behaviour - then that's good enough for me. I'm then happy to share.
If I had to guess where the browser items are loaded from, I'd hazard a guess that it's pup_ro2; that seems to be the layer where most items appear to run from in Puppy. I'll say this, mate; your curiosity runs deeper than mine..!
I'm really not that concerned about the how or the why of things working, so long as they do! As long as they run, that'll do me...
Mike.
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nic007

Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 3444 Location: Cradle of Humankind
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Posted: Thu 12 Sep 2019, 10:14 Post subject:
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Mike Walsh wrote: | @ Nic:-
Mm. Huh. I'm really not the person to ask about the ins & outs of how precisely something works in Puppy.....specially not with regard to the various layers (which I honestly don't understand).
My approach to doing stuff like this in Puppy is that if I can get something to work- and can consistently reproduce that behaviour - then that's good enough for me. I'm then happy to share.
If I had to guess where the browser items are loaded from, I'd hazard a guess that it's pup_ro2; that seems to be the layer where most items appear to run from in Puppy. I'll say this, mate; your curiosity runs deeper than mine..!
I'm really not that concerned about the how or the why of things working, so long as they do! As long as they run, that'll do me...
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All I want to know is if it takes preference to the base sfs, like installing a .pet would do or an adrv/ydrv. This is obviously important with regards to newer glibc's. My guess is that it doesn't and is being treated the same way in the layered system like an sfs-addon? BTW as information - With a frugal install the base sfs is loaded at /initrd/pup_ro2. If you are using a HDD, your savefile will be at /initrd/pup_rw. If running from external USB your savefile will be loaded at /initrd/pup_ro1 and your saves for the session at /initrd/pup_rw
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