![]() ![]() And since it is no longer tied with G4, issues won't be closed because of complications/incompatibilities with the modern version. Now that Waterfox Classic has its own Github repository, users will be able to track and report issues related specifically to it. But more importantly, this will improve the development process of the browser, because previously, issues related to both versions were tackled together. Firstly, users who relied on it will get new versions. This is a welcome move for multiple reasons. The developer cites that it has been difficult to keep the browser up to date with the main project, which is why the two variants have been diverged. Kontos has confirmed that Waterfox Classic will continue to be supported, but it will exist as a separate open-source project from Waterfox G4. ![]() Waterfox Classic development will continue No wonder users started worrying, but if you were among them, you can rest assured that it is still being worked on. He had mentioned that its future depended on the ease of porting security fixes from Firefox ESR. It should be working on distros with glibc 2.17 and newer (CentOS 7).Alex Kontos, the developer of the popular Firefox fork, had previously hinted that the Waterfox Classic version was not a priority. In case of Debian 9, it requires few additional packages to be able to build it, so for now it won't be available.Īnyway, as a alternative you can also download AppImage package from. *Where is package for Ubuntu 16.04 or Debian 9?įew months ago there was the end of standard support for 16.04, there is still extended support, but even Canonical doesn't provide updates for Firefox, so I will say that's the time to migrate to newer distro. Packages has also langpacks as subpackages => waterfox-g4-i18n-langcode. ![]() To get some package follow instructions on. On left there is package from my repository for Arch Linux, on right there is official package by Waterfox Team. In case of Arch Linux, package is built additionally with 3-tier PGO, so browser's performance is even better. Welcome! If anyone wouldn't know that yet, Waterfox G4 is now available on my repositories for Arch Linux, CentOS (7, 8, 8 Stream), Debian (10, 11, Testing, Unstable), Fedora (33, 34, 35, Rawhide), Mageia 8, openSUSE (Leap 15.2, Leap 15.3, Tumbleweed) and Ubuntu (18.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10).Īlmost all packages are built with LTO+PGO, except of those for openSUSE Leap. ![]()
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