Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:20:25 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extensions and Themes in Firefox Message-ID: <8a0028260609120220p3dbba37fv4ad5882e48e5dd65@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45066F0F.9060109@voidcaptain.com> References: <8a0028260609111328x44c8b425k3e6a07c61aac197e@mail.gmail.com> <20060911211916.xbvk6migrqw4k000@webmail.frontiernet.net> <86fyeyrsdo.fsf@presario.homeunix.org> <20060912021601.3qphot44b7s40wgs@webmail.frontiernet.net> <45066F0F.9060109@voidcaptain.com>
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On 12/09/06, Pete Slagle <freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com> wrote: > > rance@frontiernet.net wrote: > > > uninstall firefox > > > > then make sure linux binary compatibility is enabled, the easiest way > > to do that is with sysinstall. (read the handbook for more info on > > this step) > > > > Now cd into /usr/ports/www > > and look at any port whose name starts with "linux" > > > > the ones I found most helpful where: > > linux-firefox > > linux-flashplugin7 > > linuxpluginwrapper > > > > you might also want to look at > > linux-mplayer-plugin if you use mplayer for windows media files > > Another,(possibly heretical) approach is to take 10 minutes to slap > Ubuntu (or the like) on your desktop box. Out of the gate it easily runs > Firefox, multimedia, cutting edge video drivers, wi-fi, and a bunch of > apps that are troublesome to configure on FreeBSD. > > You can then install VMware Server (also painless) and run a local > FreeBSD VM for quick desktop access when you need the Real Thing. It's > easy to SSH and VNC back and forth and open X windows between the two > systems and have the best of both worlds. > > Don't get me wrong; I far prefer working in FreeBSD to any other system, > and spend most of my time there. But life is just easier when you have > more tools close to your work area. It's simple to set up, and has been > rock solid for me. Well, I'm sorry you've all been beavering away offering helpful suggestions, because following rance's first suggestion i installed linux-firefox instead. Coincidentally, Pete - this FreeBSD install is already on a VMware image! The bare hardware is running SuSE. I had intended to run FreeBSD on the bare hardware, but it doesn't recognise either of the two wireless NICs (one was bought for use with Linux/BSD, the other is a Broadcom, argh!). As an aside, before finding that SuSE works with the PC card wifi NIC, I used FreeBSD on a VMware image in XP (thank God those days are over). It (FreeBSD) runs faster in VMware (which I understand is a customised Linux), running on SuSE Linux than XP did on the bare hardware. Go figure. In fact I just can't believe how fast it is - it used to crawl running Enlightenment stuck on top of XP, now it flies running KDE. Thanks for your suggestions, all.
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