Firefox 32bit Extended Support Release - discontinued

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ozsouth · #1 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 04 Mar 2020, 10:29

UPDATE 01 May 2020:

I have decided to in future, only do MAJOR POINT releases (i.e. 68.6.0 , 68.7.0 etc)
as MINOR POINT releases (i.e. 68.6.1 , 68.6.2 etc) can be done by
simply accepting Firefox's offer of update, when that is made.
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Moose On The Loose · #2 Post by **Moose On The Loose** » Wed 04 Mar 2020, 15:25

ozsouth wrote:Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.5.0 - tested OK in bionicpup32-8.0 (ScPup 32bit needs gtk3 also). Use at own risk.

Is here: https://www.sendspace.com/file/ffd73e

It downloaded OK but the site threw a 503 error and some other messages along the way.

I will test it later.

ozsouth · #3 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 04 Mar 2020, 22:33

@Moose - still issues with former host, so changed to filepup.net - see link in first post.

ozsouth · #4 Post by **ozsouth** » Tue 10 Mar 2020, 23:45

Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.6.0 - SUPERSEDED - see below

#5 Post by **Flash** » Wed 11 Mar 2020, 02:22

What is ESR?

ozsouth · #6 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 11 Mar 2020, 04:09

@Flash - Firefox Extended Support Release is the 'fewer frills' more stable version aimed at large companies. I find it has most useful features of standard firefox with fewer issues.

s243a · #7 Post by **s243a** » Wed 11 Mar 2020, 04:39

ozsouth wrote:@Flash - Firefox Extended Support Release is the 'fewer frills' more stable version aimed at large companies. I find it has most useful features of standard firefox with fewer issues.

Doesn't the ESR version of firefox also support an older plugin model that the newer Firefox quantum no longer supports?

6502coder · #8 Post by **6502coder** » Thu 12 Mar 2020, 03:55

s243a wrote:Doesn't the ESR version of firefox also support an older plugin model that the newer Firefox quantum no longer supports?

That was briefly true, but not anymore I think. Since September 2018, the ESR version has been based on Firefox 60.2 or later, and all Firefoxes since 57 (the first Quantum) use the new WebExtensions API.

s243a · #9 Post by **s243a** » Thu 12 Mar 2020, 04:02

6502coder wrote:
s243a wrote:Doesn't the ESR version of firefox also support an older plugin model that the newer Firefox quantum no longer supports?
That was briefly true, but not anymore I think. Since September 2018, the ESR version has been based on Firefox 60.2 or later, and all Firefoxes since 57 (the first Quantum) use the new WebExtensions API.

Are you sure? I downloaded via the ppm, firefox-72.0.1 for arch32pup (which I think is the ESR version even though it doesn't say so). It comes with this lib:

Code: Select all

/usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so

which was part of the xulrunner project (see post).

Here's what wikipedia says about xulrunner:

Software architecture
XULRunner is a runtime that can be used to bootstrap multiple XUL + XPCOM applications that are equal in capabilities to Firefox and Thunderbird.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XULRunner

The most prominent usage of XPCOM is within the Firefox web browser. Many of its internal components interact via XPCOM interfaces. Furthermore, Firefox used to allow add-ons extensive XPCOM access, but this was removed in Firefox 57 and replaced with the less-permissive WebExtensions API.[2][3] (Three forks of Firefox still support the legacy add-on capability: Pale Moon,[4] Basilisk,[5] Waterfox.[6])

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPCOM

6502coder · #10 Post by **6502coder** » Thu 12 Mar 2020, 04:39

No, I'm not sure--that's why I hedged and said "I think"

I do know that several months ago I tried running the then-current Firefox ESR but gave it up because it wouldn't take my favorite legacy plug-ins. This being the expected result, I didn't look into the issue in any depth.

These days I don't run any kind of Firefox on Puppy any more because it's just too heavy for my old hardware. I run PaleMoon instead. On my newer computers I do run Firefox as my preferred browser.

s243a · #11 Post by **s243a** » Thu 12 Mar 2020, 05:15

6502coder wrote:No, I'm not sure--that's why I hedged and said "I think"

I do know that several months ago I tried running the then-current Firefox ESR but gave it up because it wouldn't take my favorite legacy plug-ins. This being the expected result, I didn't look into the issue in any depth.

These days I don't run any kind of Firefox on Puppy any more because it's just too heavy for my old hardware. I run PaleMoon instead. On my newer computers I do run Firefox as my preferred browser.

I'm actually finding that firefox is running surprisingly fast on arch32pup. My guess is that the speed performance has to do with how firefox handles ssl certificates on arch32pup. Arch, uses an "NSS database" for the ssl certificates on firefox and chromium rather than normal text files located in directory folders. If this database is used often is might typically stay in memory (via caching) and consequently reduce the amount of IO usage.

** For more info (see post)

This is just a wild ass guess though. Regarding the plugin you tried; do you know if it was XPCOM type plugin? Firefox once had an even older plugin type (once upon a time) called NPAPI.

6502coder · #12 Post by **6502coder** » Thu 12 Mar 2020, 17:56

s243a wrote:Regarding the plugin you tried; do you know if it was XPCOM type plugin? Firefox once had an even older plugin type (once upon a time) called NPAPI.

I'm not sure, but it was probably NPAPI.

ozsouth · #13 Post by **ozsouth** » Sat 04 Apr 2020, 01:48

Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.6.1 - superseded - see below

ozsouth · #14 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 08 Apr 2020, 04:14

Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.7.0 - SUPERSEDED

ozsouth · #15 Post by **ozsouth** » Sat 02 May 2020, 23:00

I have decided to in future, only do MAJOR POINT releases (i.e. 68.6.0 , 68.7.0 etc)
as MINOR POINT releases (i.e. 68.6.1 , 68.6.2 etc) can be done by
simply accepting Firefox's offer of update, when that is made.

ozsouth · #16 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 06 May 2020, 07:08

Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.8.0 - SUPERSEDED. See below.

ozsouth · #17 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 03 Jun 2020, 10:53

Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.9.0 - SUPERSEDED - see below.

ozsouth · #18 Post by **ozsouth** » Wed 01 Jul 2020, 09:34

Firefox ESR 32bit Version 68.10.0 - NOT tested - I don't run 32bit now. (ScPup 32bit needs gtk3 also).

** NO NEED TO CREATE ACCT TO DOWNLOAD

Is here: http://www.filepup.net/files/842e0f491593595720.html (52 mb)

If you installed my previous version, uninstall first. Use at own risk. Install by clicking on .pet in ROX-Filer.

Note: audio for some specialised sites (i.e. talky.io) require you to run this: apulse firefox

ozsouth · #19 Post by **ozsouth** » Fri 10 Jul 2020, 02:36

Release above is almost certainly my last 32bit Firefox ESR .pet
I no longer have any 32bit linux installed, so can't test, & have not been many downloads.
Another 32bit firefox option is available here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=119135

peebee · #20 Post by **peebee** » Fri 10 Jul 2020, 06:23

and here as sfs (not ESR but normal release):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxpup/ ... /browsers/

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