[SOLVED] Shiretoko?

[teenytinylinuxgrl]

I used Synaptic to get the latest version of Firefox but I got something called Shiretoko. Unbranded Firefox I guess. It's faster than Firefox 3.0, but Java doesn't work anymore and alot of my plugins stopped working. I could go back to Firefox 3.0, but I'd lose the advantage of faster speed. Should I go back or is there another browser that uses Firefox extensions I could try?

Amy

[daark.child]

You could use the packages from mozilla.com. All you would need to do is download the package to a location in your home directory, extract the contents to somewhere like /opt and create the symlinks e.g.

sudo tar xjvf /home/user/downloads/firefox-3.5.2.tar.bz2 -C /opt
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* /opt/firefox/plugins/.

To run firefox, you would need to enter the command /opt/firefox/firefox or simply create menu or desktop entries that point to /opt/firefox/firefox. Also change your preferred apps so that /opt/firefox/firefox is the default browser.

[reed9]

Shiretoko should be exactly compatible with Firefox 3.5. Outside of the branding they're the same. Arch uses the unbranded shiretoko as well, and I've never seen any trouble with it. (Well, I had to tell it to advertise itself as firefox on the web, or some sites think you aren't using a supported browser.)

It looks like you're right that Ubuntu 9.04 java plugin goes all wonky on you if you remove Firefox 3.0. Here's a work-a-round.

EDIT: I should note that it's also true, some firefox 3.0 extensions are not compatible with 3.5. Every new release breaks some extensions across all platforms.

[teenytinylinuxgrl]

I uninstalled it, then re-installed it in the same Symantic session as Adobe and Java, and it worked. It's still "Shiretoko" but everything works now. Thank you!

Amy