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[darry19662018]

I'll start the ball rolling by mentioning this:
https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/extra/i686/iceweasel-uxp/

and a continuation of an old Debian Browser...


https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/community/i686/iceape-uxp/

[s243a]

How about Midori? If you are looking for binaries then you can look at the Slitaz repos. However, if you compile it you might get the right combination of being able to use a newer version with older libs.

Here's another idea
WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable , although I just googled it now. so I don't know much about it.

[darry19662018]

Thanks that webone looks interesting.

Another option that could be used and works in later Puppies.
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/

Inbuilt add blocker.

[fredx181]

Hi, I've put together a portable Iceweasel based on the newest package from Hyperbola, the required libs are in the 'extralibs' folder.
Tested only on Dpup-Stretch and BusterPup, on other OS's you may need to install missing dependencies.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kzk0h10was8j3p3/iceweasel-uxp_52.9.20190308.tar.gz?dl=1

Just extract and inside directory "iceweasel-uxp-52.9.20190308" run the 'iceweasel' script, or run from terminal:

[darry19662018]

Thanks Fred I appreciate the time you put into this.

Darren

[darry19662018]

Ice-weasel tests so far: Video playback normal - so works with html5 installed addblocker and it is fast.

Changed homepage to startpage.com.

Thank you Fred once again.

[TiredPup]

Running Iceweasel on Dpup Stretch 7.5. Nice! Very fast. Thank you Fred.

[Mike Walsh]

@ Darren/Fred/all:-

Just purely for the sake of interest, have a look here:-

https://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/list-of-browsers-for-linux-and-unix-systems

It's a complete listing of all the browsers available for Linux & Unix as of around 18 months ago. You might be surprised just how many there actually are; 47 in that list (though more like 38, since the last 9 are discontinued listings).

We're not short of choice.


Mike.

[darry19662018]

Jeepers Beonix Navigator and Netscape Navigator - I feel very old - someone pass me my walking frame. Strewth the web has come along way I remember using those browsers on 98SE.

[darry19662018]

New version of Iceape-UXP available here is someone wants to make a portabe:
https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/community/i686/iceape-uxp/download/

[Mike Walsh]

@ Darren:-

All that link does is to bring up a '404 Not Found' error, mate. I can reach the iceape-uxp page, no problem......but as soon as you click on 'Download from mirror' that, unfortunately, is what comes up.....


Mike.

[fredx181]

You can find tar.xz packages for iceape here:
https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/hyperbola/gnu-plus-linux-libre/stable/pool/hyperbola/
These are already compiled, but may need extra dependencies (libs) installed (or included in a portable setup) to work on Puppy. (and probably only works on modern Puppies).

Fred

[darry19662018]

Hi guys,

Yes sorry about that guys that first link tends to 404 sometimes then sometimes it works Thanks for ammendment Fred.

[Mike Walsh]

I think I'm going to give this one a miss, kiddiwinks. All I get with these links on the Compaq desktop is a '404 not found', and if I try to connect with the anciente Dell lappie all it does is to lock the entire system solid.

In short, I can't even access the links.....and I've never, ever had that happen before. So, I'll bow out now.

I thought nluug was supposed to be faster than Ibiblio, anyhow? I can connect to Ibiblio fine, but nluug....? Something not right there, for sure...........


Mike.

[darry19662018]

Ok folks made a targz of iceape with extralibs required - ran it in busterpup very fast so should work in bionic.https://archive.org/download/iceapeuxpportable.tar/iceape-uxp%20portable.tar.gz

Extra-libs included in tar.gz.