On 2008-06-24, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
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> ____/ Sinister Midget on Tuesday 24 June 2008 20:51 : \____
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>> On 2008-06-24, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
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>>> Firefox 3 Hits 17.3 Million Downloads
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>>>| Since launch last week in excess of 17.3 million downloads of Firefox 3
>>>| have taken place.
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>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,147422-c,mozilla/article.html
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>> It's a pain in the Flatfish to get it to run on 64-bit Etch. Unless
>> somebody knows a secret that I haven't been able to find.
>>
>> I had it running on 32-bit. But this machine absolutely will not boot a
>> 32-bit distro. And I can't find all of the libraries in suitable
>> versions that are either installable or will compile to meet
>> dependencies. Some of the failures in compiles are apparently due to
>> the lack of other libraries that aren't available yet.
>>
>> I'm not adverse to compiling things. I don't do as much as I used to,
>> but that's mostly because it hasn't been necessary. Be that as it may,
>> I can't see myself compiling a whole slew of supporting libraries that
>> would all have to reside separate from the system libraries just to run
>> a browser. It ain't worth it to me.
>>
>> As I said, though, if somebody knows a workaround for 64-bit Etch, I'll
>> take it. I sure haven't been able to googoo one that works.
>
> Is it not in the repos yet? Should be apt-get install away...
Not yet.
> Iceweasel 3 also got the final touches...
I'm updating religiously. Still nada.
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