Arctic Fox, a new web browser is available for Linux PPC

[este.el.paz]

@xeno74:

Tried to get your package, but I must be doing something wrong . . . tried to search for it in synaptic and nothing showed up for "arctic fox" so I downloaded your link for 16.04 and got the .tar.bzxx file into Downloads on my screechingly slow iBook . . . then I tried to get GDebi Package installer to install it, but it said, "This is not a debian file and can't be installed." So then I tried to "extract" it and tried GDebi again on the "Arctic Fox" directory and that time it said, "File is either corrupted or you don't have permission to install it, check permissions." So I changed all the permissions to "anyone" and that didn't work either.

I then tried to get my old Powermac to get the packages, but there I only have a TTY . . . GUI is refusing to show up and go to work . . . . Where might my error be, or did somehow the .tar.bz file did get damaged in the download??

[xeno74]

@este.el.paz

Sorry for my late answer. You don't need to install it with GDebi. You can start it with ./arcticfox in the "arcticfox" folder.

[este.el.paz]

@este.el.paz

Sorry for my late answer. You don't need to install it with GDebi. You can start it with ./arcticfox in the "arcticfox" folder.

@xeno74:

Thanks for the follow up, I'll check it and see if it's "obvious" . . . I did go into the folder and clicked on a few items . . . I'll see what happens if I click more "assertively" . . . ????

[xeno74]

@xeno74:

Thanks for the follow up, I'll check it and see if it's "obvious" . . . I did go into the folder and clicked on a few items . . . I'll see what happens if I click more "assertively" . . . ????

Please start Arctic Fox with ./arcticfox in a terminal.

cd arcticfox/

./arcticfox

[este.el.paz]

Please start Arctic Fox with ./arcticfox in a terminal.

cd arcticfox/

./arcticfox

@xeno74:

OK, that makes more sense, I think I tried

arcticfox

as my attempt in the terminal, missed the "cd" and then the "./" . . . be a day or so before I get back over to the PPC world . . . .

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Wicknix has released Arctic Fox 27.9.19.

Change Log

Downloads:

• For 32-bit PowerPC G3/G4/G5 (Ubuntu16/Debian10) Linux: arcticfox-27.9.19.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2
• For older 32-bit distributions like Ubuntu14/12/10 and Debian8/9 (G3/G4/G5): arcticfox-27.9.19-ubuntu10.04-powerpc.tar.bz2
• Source code (zip)
• Source code (tar.gz)

Support thread: forums.macrumors.com

For Ubuntu 10.04: You need to install the GCC 4.8 and the libatomic1 via the repository 'ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test'.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8

For Ubuntu 12.04: You need the libatomic1 package. Download: libatomic-ubuntu12.04-powerpc.tar.bz2

Please copy the file 'libatomic.so.1' to '/usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/' with the following command:

sudo cp libatomic.so.1 /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/

Screenshot of the new Arctic Fox 27.9.19 on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Lucid PowerPC (A-EON AmigaOne X5000/40):

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9b/7d/50/9...260df83ade.jpg

Screenshot of the new Arctic Fox 27.9.19 on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Lucid PowerPC (Apple PowerMac G4):

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a7/09/8f/a...ed5a5b1151.jpg

Screenshot of the new Arctic Fox 27.9.19 on the Ubuntu 10.04.0 Live DVD PowerPC (Apple PowerMac G3):

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/23/2a/1e/2...5b4e5715e3.jpg

Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Wicknix has released Arctic Fox 27.10.1.

Change Log

Downloads:

• For 32-bit PowerPC (Ubuntu 12 / 14 / 16, Debian 8 / 9 /10 / Sid and Void-PPC/glibc version): arcticfox-27.10.1-linux-powerpc.deb
• For older 32-bit distributions like Ubuntu 10.04: arcticfox-27.10.1-ubuntu10.04-powerpc.tar.bz2
• Source code (zip)
• Source code (tar.gz)

Support thread: forums.macrumors.com

For Ubuntu 10.04: You need to install the GCC 4.8 and the libatomic1 via the repository 'ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test'.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8

Cheers,
Christian

[este.el.paz]

Thanks for posting this update . . . did just hear about wicknix distros, and your linked forum . . . it's possible that my PM3,1 might be returned from the dead enough to be able to use this information . . . seemed like there was a hardware problem . . . might still be there . . . it's now running 17.04 with busted backports . . . no browser was installed in the recent install . . . have to see if it will accept Arctic Fox . . . at some point.

[csae2608]

Hello,

for some reason i would need to run on my computer Debian Squeeze (powermac g4) and Debian Wheezy (Powermac G5).
Is it not possible to get these browser running also on Debian?
It is my understanding that Ubuntu is based on Debian, just some packages are newer/different.

Thank you Christian.

[xeno74]

Hello,

for some reason i would need to run on my computer Debian Squeeze (powermac g4) and Debian Wheezy (Powermac G5).
Is it not possible to get these browser running also on Debian?
It is my understanding that Ubuntu is based on Debian, just some packages are newer/different.

Thank you Christian.

Yes, it could be that it works with Debian Squeeze and Wheezy 32-bit PowerPC.

17.04  zesty      stretch / sid
16.10  yakkety    stretch / sid
16.04  xenial     stretch / sid
15.10  wily       jessie  / sid   - 8
15.04  vivid      jessie  / sid
14.10  utopic     jessie  / sid
14.04  trusty     jessie  / sid
13.10  saucy      wheezy  / sid   - 7
13.04  raring     wheezy  / sid
12.10  quantal    wheezy  / sid
12.04  precise    wheezy  / sid
11.10  oneiric    wheezy  / sid
11.04  natty      squeeze / sid   - 6
10.10  maverick   squeeze / sid
10.04  lucid      squeeze / sid

@All
Here is the Alpha of Arctic Fox 27.10.2 (32-bit) for testing.

Download: arcticfox-27.10.2a-ubuntu10.04-powerpc.tar.bz2