Re: Fwd: Firefox 52esr on PPC32 is outdated

Hi #330250 _:)
>
> About Firefox I can only say that I feel the same thing as you describe,
> Adrian, when you say that the current version isn't really usable on a
> single-core system such as a G4. Even on a Dual-G4 or a Dual-G5,
> TenFourFox for Mac OS X was very VERY slow... The latest versions of
> Firefox are way too bloated for such hardware, so maybe we need to
> realize that keeping a completely current userland on PPC32/64-based
> Linux is no longer possible. A lot of projects have moved on and even
> when the code compiles, it clearly isn't meant to run on such old
> machines. This does include some older Pentiums and Core Duos I also
> still lave laying around in my basement.

TenFourFox was is somehwat usable actually, of course not general 
browsing anymore, but specific friendly sites...


> What's a lightweight alternative for:

Lightweight of course means removing features....


> 1) Gnome or KDE
XFCE or Windowmaker + GNUstep

> 2) Thunderbird

GNUMail

> 3) Firefox
An issue... ArcticFox, netsurf, midori...

>
> 4) LibreOffice

No real alternatives :(

> 5) GIMP

GIMP luckily works on G4 and G5... otherwise you need several programs. 
Image Magick, PRICE, xv, etc.


Riccardo