On 2009-05-20, wispygalaxy <wispygalaxy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gregory Shearman wrote:
>
>> Firefox is compiled from the xulrunner/firefox source code on my Gentoo
>> machines. I upgraded to firefox 3.x when it turned up in Gentoo's Package
>> Manager (Portage). I run Gentoo stable so ff3 didn't turn up for about 3
>> months after it was released. I don't need to be on the bleeding edge
>> and prefer to wait until applications such as firefox can be integrated
>> into my system without affecting stability.
>
> I've heard of xulrunner before. I don't know too much about it, though. :(
> It's good to wait until you are sure that the app will work well with your
> box. I tend to be daring and install new stuff. Maybe I should give
> Fedora a try, since it's a distro with bleeding-edge software.
Xulrunner is the library behind firefox. In fact you could say that it
*is* firefox... the firefox module merely a gui bolted onto the
xulrunner engine.
>> Did they win the guinness world record?
>
> Yep! Here's the link: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
Hmmm... I wasn't counted as part of the record, but it's compiled and
installed on 3 machines at home.
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Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
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