Firefox 2 on Dapper

[Art Alexion]

On Tuesday 16 January 2007 10:18, Donn wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been wondering about this for a while, thought I would ask.
> A friend of mine still runs Windows 95. He just installed Firefox 2.0 the
> other day and it works. No problem.
>
> I'm here on Kubuntu Dapper and there's no FF 2.0 in the repos? Why?
> I downloaded it and can run it, but it mucks-up my extensions, chokes on
> plugins and crashes randomly.


> What is it about Linux that makes it so fragile about the "generation" of
> software it can/cannot run? What am I not getting?

Two thoughts:

First, I installed FF 1.5 in /opt when kubuntu was sill on a much older 
version.  Ran fine.  Just had to replace the symlink in the path.  It also 
fixed the autoupdate features built into FF that were disabled with a kubuntu 
root install.  Did you try to install FF 2 in the /usr branch?

Second. I think what makes Linux so fussy about upgrades is part of what makes 
it so stable.  It isn't fragile, it is particular about what it will let you 
install.  Another factor is dependencies.  When a Linux app needs a 
particular lib version, it makes it known and requires you install it.  
Windows apps just include another version of the DLL in the install.  This 
leaves multiple and conflicting versions of particular DLLs on your system, 
leading to instability and unpredictability. Makes windows easier to use (n 
terms of installs), but much more unstable.

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