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MikeTheC
May 23rd, 2009, 06:08 AM
There have been many folks here who've expressed an interest lately in running this new "open-source" web browser from a company called Mozilla, named "Firefox," but you don't want to have to be saddled with running Windows just for the benefit of it. Well...

Fear no more, ladies and gentlemen, for I, the legendary MikeTheC will show you how!

Some of you may now be saying "Well, yeah, I know I can run 'Wine' but that's a kludge. I'm running Ubuntu and I don't want to have to support a Win32 environment on my system." Alright, no problem.

Others of you may be thinking, "I don't want to have to track down the source code -- does Mozilla even use svn? -- and then have to sit there, compile it, and hope to high heaven that Mitchell Baker's people worked all the bugs out."

Have you wanted to surf the web, free of viruses and worms? Do you want that tabbed browsing experience you've only ever dreamed of? How about being able to re-skin the browser and add other search systems?

But wait, there's more!

Do you feel bogged down by banner ads as you surf for porn news and information? Do you hate having to deal with pop-ups and other annoying ways for advertisers to get you to look at naked women get you to spend your hard-earned money? Well then, fear no more!

In three easy steps, I'll show you that running Firefox on Ubuntu linux is, in fact, all fun-n-games!

Step 1: Go to your "Applications" menu.
Step 2: Go to your "Internet" sub-menu.
Step 3: Click on "Firefox".

Yes, that's right! Firefox actually comes bundled with your favorite distribution of Linux, fully compiled and ready to take you on a web-surfing adventure!

Firefox. Safe web surfing for the rest of us.

No squirrels were harmed in the making of this advertisement.

Tipped OuT
May 23rd, 2009, 06:20 AM
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MikeTheC
May 23rd, 2009, 06:30 AM
What the...?

I know, it's incredible, isn't it? Just check out your menus for yourself!

etnlIcarus
May 23rd, 2009, 06:38 AM
Coming soon to an Ubuntu near you:

They said it would never be made...

They said it would be banned...

They said it was a rudimentary feature on just about every other operating system...

Starring Jean-Claude Van Damne, Dolph Lundgren, Stephen Segal and every other out-of-work tough guy from the 90's...

This summer, prepare for:

libdvdcss support

Tipped OuT
May 23rd, 2009, 06:39 AM
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Delever
May 23rd, 2009, 06:48 AM
You got to try it! Seriously!

Seriously!

Hacked! OMG, something has control of me... help, help!

MaxIBoy
May 23rd, 2009, 06:50 AM
Allow me to ruin the joke for a moment by linking to this:
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox

MikeTheC
May 23rd, 2009, 06:54 AM
:confused: Am I getting Punk'D or something, website being hacked??

No, dude. It's really true!!!

But I know the mantra... "Pics, or it never happened." Well, here's a screen shot of it running, honest-to-God, natively on my Ubuntu system! Check it out!

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9885/firefoxinlinux.png

bashveank
May 23rd, 2009, 06:54 AM
why is this tagged "safari on linux?"?

adrianx
May 23rd, 2009, 06:55 AM
MikeTheC (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=378984) for president! Yay!
:lolflag:

Tipped OuT
May 23rd, 2009, 06:55 AM
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gnomeuser
May 23rd, 2009, 06:56 AM
Firefox. Safe web surfing for the rest of us.


Ha hahahahahaha excellent joke. I guess all advertisement is supposed to contain blantant lies.

OutOfReach
May 23rd, 2009, 06:57 AM
Oh dude no wai! Must be uber h4x???!!!


</joke>

Tipped OuT
May 23rd, 2009, 06:58 AM
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MikeTheC
May 23rd, 2009, 06:58 AM
Allow me to ruin the joke for a moment by linking to this:
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox

Oh [bleep]... I'm switching to Windows...

MikeTheC
May 23rd, 2009, 07:00 AM
why is this tagged "safari on linux?"?

As a response to this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1083160).

CJ Master
May 23rd, 2009, 07:01 AM
I think this is a joke on how firefox is quicker on windows... or I completely missed it.

...or maybe Mike's just intoxicated. My moneys on that one.

FuturePilot
May 23rd, 2009, 07:06 AM
What's even more incredible is there's also a native 64bit version. Rumored to not exist on other platforms! Pics for you nonbelievers!

MikeTheC
May 23rd, 2009, 07:07 AM
I think this is a joke on how firefox is quicker on windows... or I completely missed it.

...or maybe Mike's just intoxicated. My moneys on that one.

*hic!*

My my my... what would ever give you that impression?

No brandy alexanders were harmed in the making of this thread. Two were consumed, but neither of them were harmed.

adrianx
May 23rd, 2009, 07:09 AM
Ha hahahahahaha excellent joke. I guess all advertisement is supposed to contain blantant lies.
This is purely anecdotal evidence, but I've been using Firefox for all the above mentioned purposes :eek: and I've even clicked "yes" to "You have to download this codec to see the most amazing video in the world...", on purpose! OK, Firefox doesn't deserve all the credit, though. Maybe it has more to do with my "obscure" OS. :)

Tipped OuT
May 23rd, 2009, 07:20 AM
why is this tagged "safari on linux?"?

lmfao

lisati
May 23rd, 2009, 07:23 AM
WTF? I might forego the copy of Firefox that shipped with the copy of Ubuntu I'm running right now, and see if I can do a hack with the Win98SE install disk so I can check out IE4 under Wine!!!!!

Never mind.......

etnlIcarus
May 23rd, 2009, 07:27 AM
It's criminal that no one's fellated me over my previous post.

adrianx
May 23rd, 2009, 07:33 AM
It's criminal that no one's fellated me over my previous post.
Your post was excellent! Consider yourself :shock:, you know....

CJ Master
May 23rd, 2009, 07:34 AM
It's criminal that no one's fellated me over my previous post.

I tried to find a witty comic to reply to this post. I could did not find one.

etnlIcarus
May 23rd, 2009, 07:35 AM
I don't need your sympathy compliment. >.>

adrianx
May 23rd, 2009, 07:44 AM
I don't need your sympathy compliment. >.>
As long as you don't have any XSSes or malware, then I'm sure it will be fine... :D

CJ Master
May 23rd, 2009, 07:52 AM
I don't need your sympathy compliment. >.>

Dang! I still can't find a witty comic. I'm getting too rusty.

etnlIcarus
May 23rd, 2009, 08:06 AM
Poor form, CJ Master. Poor form.

loell
May 23rd, 2009, 08:14 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Rembrandt-Belsazar.jpg/300px-Rembrandt-Belsazar.jpg
transliteration
The forum gods has numbered the days of your posts and brought it to an end; you have been weighed on the trolling scales and has been found trollish :p

lisati
May 23rd, 2009, 08:18 AM
transliteration
The forum gods has numbered the days of your posts and brought it to an end; you have been weighed on the trolling scales and has been found trollish :p

Does this mean the writing is now on the wall?

loell
May 23rd, 2009, 08:22 AM
no.. still on an LCD screen.. ):P

adrianx
May 23rd, 2009, 08:25 AM
I must say, this is one of the friendliest warnings I've ever seen! Now, let me go and sober up.... :D

sarah.fauzia
May 23rd, 2009, 09:16 AM
I thought this thread was going to fix the problem I have with having to use (though I have not condescended to use) Firefox in Wine so Macromedia Shockwave Player could work (which is needed for sites such as CalcChat) because Adobe hasn't offered it to Linux yet (only with their Adobe Flash Player have they). A little disappointed, but funny...

calrogman
May 23rd, 2009, 03:45 PM
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init1
May 23rd, 2009, 07:05 PM
Really? I've been using wget and less for web browsing. This might be a bit easier.

MaxIBoy
May 23rd, 2009, 08:46 PM
I agree that "less" is better than "more," but "most" is the "best."

So far, they only seem to have alpha level support, but the minefield build is working great for me!