On 2009-05-20, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Tuesday 19 May 2009 20:55 : \____
>>
>>> On 2009-05-19, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Tuesday 19 May 2009 08:04 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This reminds me of the Firefox 3 world record. I downloaded it and got a
>>>>>> cute little certificate. :) Did anyone else get one?
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did they win the guinness world record?
>>>>
>>>> It took even longer for Mandriva. Unless you choose to download and install
>>>> it from the Mozilla site rather than have it automatically updated by the
>>>> repos...
>>>
>>> I'd assume that windows users would be the biggest contributors to the
>>> Firefox 3 world download attempt. Most Linux users would wait for their
>>> distro to supply it.
>>
>> I got it from both. But Mandriva packages it better (there are sometimes
>> distro-specific builds with distro-specific elements and tweaks).
>
> Can you say "Iceweasel" (Debian Firefox)?
Rebranding because you aren't allowed to distribute your own builds under the
"firefox" name. Gentoo doesn't have that problem.
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Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
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