Firefox and possible replacement(s) - was - Re: An operating system with all the usual tools, but without news and ads

[Bret Busby]

On 9/6/22 9:39 pm, Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 09/06/2022 14:28, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 9/6/22 3:38 pm, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:10:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 05:16:40 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>>>>> On 8/6/22 8:37 pm, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>>>> Ralf - have you tried Palemoon -
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon
>>>>> https://www.palemoon.org/
> 
> Looks interesting. I'm running Mint 20.1 — which of the Ubuntu flavours 
> available is likely to work (if any)?
> 
> Peter
> 


If you had looked at the repository, for which I had posted the URL
https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:stevenpusser&package=palemoon
,  you would have seen the following:

"

Add repository and install manually
For xUbuntu 22.04 run the following:
Keep in mind that the owner of the key may distribute updates, packages 
and repositories that your system will trust (more information).

echo 'deb 
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_22.04/ 
/' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.list
curl -fsSL 
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser/xUbuntu_22.04/Release.key 
| gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser.gpg 
 > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon

For xUbuntu 21.10 run the following:
Keep in mind that the owner of the key may distribute updates, packages 
and repositories that your system will trust (more information).

echo 'deb 
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_21.10/ 
/' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.list
curl -fsSL 
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser/xUbuntu_21.10/Release.key 
| gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser.gpg 
 > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon

For xUbuntu 20.04 run the following:
Keep in mind that the owner of the key may distribute updates, packages 
and repositories that your system will trust (more information).

echo 'deb 
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_20.04/ 
/' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.list
curl -fsSL 
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key 
| gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser.gpg 
 > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon

For xUbuntu 18.04 run the following:
Keep in mind that the owner of the key may distribute updates, packages 
and repositories that your system will trust (more information).

echo 'deb 
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_18.04/ 
/' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.list
curl -fsSL 
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser/xUbuntu_18.04/Release.key 
| gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser.gpg 
 > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon
"

Having followed the instructions for (I believe) 20.04, I easily 
installed it, and, am happily running it, on UbuntuMATE 20.10.

I haven't tried it on 16.04, which I am running on another computer, as 
yet - the 16.04 system is running Seamonkey and an older version of 
Firefox, which both have proper vertical scrolling bars, and, are easier 
to use, that the Firefox s$%#@ on 20.10 (and later), and, as the 
download instructions do not go back to 16.04, Pale Moon (latest 
version) might not be compatible with 16.04 (although, the latest 
version of Seamonkey, is compatible, and, updatable, with 16.04).

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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