On 03/30 09:45, Dale wrote: > tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 03/30 09:23, Dale wrote: > >> Adam Carter wrote: > >>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > >>> <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Howdy, > >>> > >>> I been holding off on upgrading Firefox. Basically, it breaks addons > >>> that I just can't go without. Tab groups and some other tab utilities > >>> are among them. I recently updated temporarily to see just what was > >>> going to be broken and what I could do to adjust. It seems some have > >>> alternatives but some don't. > >>> > >>> > >>> The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment ( > >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/650472 ) so its probably not worth upgrading > >>> until that issue is fixed, unless you use the mozilla overlay. > >>> > >> My biggest problem is that addons are broken on anything 57 and above. > >> At least that seems to be the version that stops old addons from > >> working. Would the latest release have a way for the old addons to > >> work? If not, then it doesn't matter if it is 58, 59 or 60. > >> > >> Basically, I'm trying to figure out if others are doing like I am and > >> keeping a older version of Firefox installed because of the addons no > >> longer working. If someone has been able to find comparable addons to > >> the ones that no longer work on the newer Firefox versions, I'd like to > >> know that as well. Right now, I'm sticking with older versions of > >> Firefox. I don't like the security problems that may cause but it is > >> what it is. > >> > >> Since I posted the message above, I've looked into Palemoon, Vivaldi, > >> Opera and dug around to see what else I can try. So far, none of them > >> can do what pre 57 versions of Firefox can with the addons I use. > >> > >> Just trying to get ideas and info on this mess. > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > Hi, > > > > I switched to waterfox for privacy reasons and it supports the older > > plugin system. > > No need to stay to older version (keeping older bugs, which may > > affect seurity) ... > > > > Waterfox is opensourced and it has a smaller memory footprint. > > > > https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ > > > > No advertising intended...I am only an user. > > > > Cheers! > > Meino > > > > I ran up on a site where that was talked about. It's not in the tree > tho. How did you install it? Is it just download and run it from > command line or a manual addition to the menu system? Is there a > overlay with it in it? While I like Firefox, the memory hog that it > sometimes is, I'm not opposed to switching to something else. > > Thanks for the info. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Hi Dale, I downloaded the archive, unpacked it in a separate directory, moved that to /usr/local/., made a symlink from /usr/local/bin/waterfox to the executable in that directory and: DONE :) Ok...I did an entry inti menu.xml of my openbox...manually ;) Since waterfox is contained in a single directory, gentoo will not be "polluted" and the removal/upgrade of waterfox is easy. It is not the original genuine sacred of Gentoo, though. ;) Cheers! Meino
