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OscarTalks · #52 Post by **OscarTalks** » Mon 08 Apr 2013, 01:11

Here is version 1.1.28 as .PET and .SFS packages
Released 04th April 2013
http://www.slimboat.com

This won't work in Wary/Racy as the libs are too old.
In Slacko, Flash Player doesn't work. Anyone figure out why?

It all seems to work OK in Wheezy, Precise and Exprimo but is posted here just for people to try it out.

If you go to download these, make sure you use the correct "download" button on the datafilehost page.

LINKS REMOVED - See newer version below.

edoc · #53 Post by **edoc** » Mon 08 Apr 2013, 02:05

Both arrived fine, thanks!

Will see about testing tomorrow ...

"Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise!"

OscarTalks · #54 Post by **OscarTalks** » Thu 25 Apr 2013, 01:19

Version 1.1.29 as .SFS and .PET packages
Released 22nd April 2013

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Eyes-Only · #55 Post by **Eyes-Only** » Thu 25 Apr 2013, 07:43

Thanks for these updates OscarTalks as I, for one, really do enjoy using SlimBoat.

Of all the Qt-based web browsers out there this has become my most-favourite of all to use!

Two thumbs up and a "Keep up the great work!" my fellow Puppian Friend. We sure do appreciate it, those of us who are unable to do so...

Cheers/Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge d'Acadie"

OscarTalks · #56 Post by **OscarTalks** » Sat 04 May 2013, 10:22

Version 1.1.33 as .SFS and .PET packages
Released 04 June 2013
http://www.slimboat.com

This post was edited on 07 June 2013
Packages upgraded from 1.1.32 to 1.1.33

DOWNLOAD LINKS REMOVED
See below for newer version

Bert · #57 Post by **Bert** » Sat 15 Jun 2013, 20:34

Slimboat really is a nice and fast browser.
It does everything a browser should do and speedily. I like it more and more.

Slimboat imported my crazy (giant) list of Firefox bookmarks flawlessly, where Opera missed part of them.

A few questions:

* Is it open source?

* Does anyone know how to change the 'skin'? I don't like the windows95-ish grey-brown and downloaded a fresher skin, but could not find a way to install it.
Theonline help leads to a non existing page 'skins usage and design'

Thank you OscarTalks!

666philb · #58 Post by **666philb** » Sun 16 Jun 2013, 07:21

hi bert

slimboat browser is QT based and the colours and fonts can be changed using qtconfig, type qtconfig into a terminal

Jasper · #59 Post by **Jasper** » Sun 16 Jun 2013, 12:26

Hi 666philb,

I have used your qtconfig tip.

My regards and thanks

OscarTalks · #60 Post by **OscarTalks** » Sat 06 Jul 2013, 16:51

Version 1.1.35 as .SFS and .PET packages
Released 04 July 2013
http://www.slimboat.com

DOWNLOAD LINKS REMOVED

See further down for newer version

Dewbie · #61 Post by **Dewbie** » Fri 02 Aug 2013, 08:01

Currently running SlimBoat 1.1.36 (official build) on Wary 5.1.1.
Had to add Extract-txz-modified.pet and libc6_2.11.2-10_i386.deb.

WARNING: libc6_2.11.2-10_i386.deb breaks Pmount.
(Fix is here.)

Also tested with Wary 5.1.4.1 and 5.2.2; same applies.
Will not work with 4-series.
It's very quick, even on a P2 / 350 with dial-up.

Also found a bug:
It locks up when clicking on, then canceling, download links.
Has to be closed out and relaunched; nothing major...

Edit:
I'm comparing notes behind the scenes with another forum member.
He was able to get QtWeb to do the same thing, and suspects a WebKit bug...

OscarTalks · #62 Post by **OscarTalks** » Sat 10 Aug 2013, 11:30

@ Dewbie
Have you managed to get Flash Player working in SlimBoat in Wary?

@ Everyone
It seems there are some people who like SlimBoat so here is version 1.1.38 as .SFS and .PET packages

Released 07th August 2013

To download from Data File Host:-
Use the small grey "DOWNLOAD" button
If you see a larger "Download Now" button it is a Windows .exe downloader and an advert so ignore it.

Edit:- DOWNLOAD LINKS REMOVED
See below for newer version

Dewbie · #63 Post by **Dewbie** » Mon 12 Aug 2013, 01:30

OscarTalks wrote:

@ Dewbie
Have you managed to get Flash Player working in SlimBoat in Wary?

No...despite having Flash in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, I'm getting a message indicating that it doesn't see Flash.

Dragging and symlinking Flash to /usr/local/slimboat/plugins makes no difference either.
(SlimBoat is installed in /usr/local.)

@OscarTalks: Where do you install SlimBoat in your .pet and SFS?
(Easier to ask than to download, as I have dial-up...)

OscarTalks · #64 Post by **OscarTalks** » Fri 16 Aug 2013, 21:05

@ Dewbie,

My SlimBoat packages place the main slimboat folder in /usr/lib as this seems to be the convention for browsers in Puppy. I believe other locations would be perfectly OK also though.

I have still not been able to get the Flash Player to work in Wary/Racy or Slacko. I did email the developers about it some while ago and they said that they were not sure why, but that it is not a path issue.

capoverde · #65 Post by **capoverde** » Fri 16 Aug 2013, 21:28

Downloaded Slimboat 1.1.38, Italian localization, just minutes ago directly from their website. Running it in Puppy Precise 5.6.1 right now and posting with it, after searching the forum to see whether someone else had already tested it - and Xman had!

Just for caution, I chose to place Slimboat in a separate folder rather than in the usual /usr system folder, to be able to get rid of it easily if not OK.

Very fast and responsive, seems to have no problem on YT: if I get it right, it does decode Flash videos perfectly (they should be the ones evidenced by the rotating-balls-circle logo while loading). Also doing fine on a HD video in Vimeo, both in Flash and HTML5 (it's clearly marked there).

A very pleasant surprise was to find a specific link for Puppy Linux in their Downloads page (in English only, no such link in the Italian page): followed their suggestions and all worked perfectly in less than half a minute i. e., after downloading and extracting the Gstreamer libs in place.

Of course a deeper and longer testing is needed, but seems interesting, although not really lightweight - 58 MB against SeaMonkey's 51 (full package).

Dewbie · #66 Post by **Dewbie** » Sun 18 Aug 2013, 07:00

OscarTalks wrote:

I have still not been able to get the Flash Player to work in Wary/Racy or Slacko. I did email the developers about it some while ago and they said that they were not sure why, but that it is not a path issue.

This is what I'm getting in Wary 5.1.1, in Help / Configuration Information.
Notice the 0 next to Flash Download Control; everything else is a 1.
What number are you getting here with Puppies that will run Flash?
(In Tools / Options / Download Control, my Enable Plugins box is checked.)

OscarTalks · #67 Post by **OscarTalks** » Sun 18 Aug 2013, 09:35

Dewbie wrote:What number are you getting here with Puppies that will run Flash?

Flash Player runs OK in the Debian and Ubuntu based Puppies.
I looked in Dpup Wheezy and the "Flash Download Control" number is also a ZERO so I guess that's not the problem.

I indicated to the developers that it is difficult for the Puppy community to make a lot of noise about SlimBoat as a Puppy browser if it doesn't fully work in Slacko or Wary.

I was told that they compile it in Ubuntu 10.04 which is why the glibc in Wary is too old. I asked about a specific build for Wary and they didn't rule it out, but I guess it is low priority for them unless perhaps more people contact them and request it. It seems BarryK may be moving away from Wary as an official Puppy now also, but when you add in the Flash/Slacko issue plus the fact that I have found a couple of websites that don't render properly or even cause the browser to crash completely it makes it a semi-showstopper for me which is a pity because I do quite like SlimBoat and it seems others do too.

I have continued to post my packages in this thread because it is not too difficult to do and it seems that some people are using them, but I have thought about knocking it on the head and may do so at some point in the future. There are several other good browsers out there to choose from.

Dewbie · #68 Post by **Dewbie** » Tue 20 Aug 2013, 00:28

OscarTalks wrote:

I indicated to the developers that it is difficult for the Puppy community to make a lot of noise about SlimBoat as a Puppy browser if it doesn't fully work in Slacko or Wary.

Indeed; Slacko's still the main Puppy.
It would be helpful if SlimBoat indicated on its website *which* Puppy versions it works with...

Also, most post-4-series Puppies can still get YouTube this way.

(See my post over here about an apparent WebKit bug that also affects SlimBoat.)

OscarTalks · #69 Post by **OscarTalks** » Sat 26 Oct 2013, 13:39

SlimBoat version 1.1.42
Released 14th October 2013

Information:-
http://www.slimboat.com

Download .PET and/or .SFS packages from my Yandex Disk here:-
http://yadi.sk/d/zTshLczR4wHj8

EDIT:-
Newer version released - see below.

Marv · #70 Post by **Marv** » Thu 14 Nov 2013, 15:10

currently running version 1.1.42 sucessfully in LxPup 13.10c which is slacko based. Flashplayer now (plugin in /usr/lib/mozilla in LxPup) works. I have installed the additional library files needed by opera per this thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 845#680845. Prior to that, flashplayer did not work either in Opera or SlimBoat. SlimBoat is installed to a directory on my boot partition. Gtk themes found ok, both in LxPup and alphaOS 12.1. Bookmarks exported from opera in html format, imported to SlimBoat sucessfully. Works on several sites I use that now break Opera. I'll continue to use it and try it on some of the other older pups on this laptop.

Thanks for this thread,

OscarTalks · #71 Post by **OscarTalks** » Thu 14 Nov 2013, 23:45

Hello Marv,

Good work! Thanks for letting us know about that. I wondered about how best to approach this and rather than trying to include symlinks to libs in different locations in different puppies I thought it best to include a copy of those libraries in the private /usr/lib/slimboat/libs directory. This makes SlimBoat "self-contained" in that it will still work even if other browsers are removed.

Flash Player now works in Slacko which is a great leap forward. Tested in 5.6 and 5.5

Also, version 1.1.43 has just been released so I have packaged as .pet and .sfs and uploaded to my Yandex Disk here:-
http://yadi.sk/d/zTshLczR4wHj8

EDIT:- Duplicating the libs did not work so trying "Plan B" - see below.

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