May 18, 2026 at 5:27 AM, "Riccardo Mottola" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Riccardo%20Mottola%22%20%3Criccardo.mottola%40libero.it%3E > wrote:
> > Hello Joshua, > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > > > If you can't get arctic fox to work, then you might try luakit, surf, > > netsurf, or dillo. > > > > The first two, you should be able to install via apt. > > > > The latter two, you have to compile from source, because PATH_MAX issues. > > > thanks for the suggestion, but my goal would be to get ArcticFox to compile. > I am the current maintainer of it and I think GNU/HURD could be a suitable > target. > Since the current code is now very close to FF 52 eventaul patches could be > imported. Cool! I know that rms wants to use the Hurd, but his current requirements are that it use gnuboot and have the icecat web browser. The Hurd currently cannot run X with gnuboot. And luakit is the best browser that I know of that runs on the Hurd. > > So if someone worked in the past to get Firefox, especially FF52 or FF60 to > compile on HURD, I'd like to know. > e.g. NetBSD has a big set of patches for it because it maintains it as ESR. > > Riccardo >
