Linux and Firefox
- Thread starter Rockslinger
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Does anybody here have Linux O/S with Firefox browser? How good is that combination?
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Does anybody here have Linux O/S with Firefox browser? How good is that combination?
It's my top browser, however it crashes a lot under linux.
I blame the 64-bit flash, but can't be sure.
I got frustrated and installed Opera and Chromium a few weeks ago. They're all adequate, but there's no clear winner, IMO.
I've never had a problem (though 90% of my web time is on my windows laptop not my linux laptop).
Firefox has been the default browser for over the four years using 32 & 64 bit Ubuntu. Never had any problems with FF. That said I prefer using Opera and Chrome which IMHO are a bit quicker than FF.
I'm all - Linux these days for my own work, but I may support windows boxes.
I've observed the firefox crashing has been flash 99% of the time, & was at its worst when Flash undergoes an upgrade. The move to 64bit had it crashing 2 to 3 times a week.
hasn't crashed on me to me in a couple of months
I've observed the firefox crashing has been flash 99% of the time, & was at its worst when Flash undergoes an upgrade. The move to 64bit had it crashing 2 to 3 times a week.
hasn't crashed on me to me in a couple of months
I use Linux (Ubuntu) as my primary desktop computer, and Firefox as my primary browser. The only time I've seen it crash is if I've been saving a lot of images to disk from the same browser window. If I open a new window periodically, or I'm not downloading stuff, I've never had a problem.
Once upon a time, there were some funny GPL issues that influenced Firefox's place in Ubuntu.
I remember using swiftfox, swiftweasel and iceweasel, instead. I see that the Icecat and Gnuzilla are now available as alternatives. It might be fun to play with them at some point.
At one point, the latest releases were coming out on launchpad before they showed up in the standard repositories. If that's available maybe I'll try that again.
I remember using swiftfox, swiftweasel and iceweasel, instead. I see that the Icecat and Gnuzilla are now available as alternatives. It might be fun to play with them at some point.
At one point, the latest releases were coming out on launchpad before they showed up in the standard repositories. If that's available maybe I'll try that again.
Those were all Mozilla variants.
SeaMonkey is another nice one that reminds me a lot of the old Netscape browser from about 10 years ago.
SeaMonkey is another nice one that reminds me a lot of the old Netscape browser from about 10 years ago.
Ah, yes, IceWeasel: a rebranding exercise to address a proprietary license in the use of the Firefox logo in some Linux releases (in particular Debian, which is the basis for Ubuntu among others): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project
Tried out Swiftfox and Icecat this weekend. They both seem fine. Tripped over w3m this weekend, interesting, but i still prefer elinks for text. On the other hand, xlinks2 surprised me. I've never seen embedded graphics in text-mode browser before.
