Suggestions for a Web Browser on 32bit ARM Debian
Discussion
So I've an old low-power machine here with an ARM processor. It's running Debian with a lightweight LXDE. Kernel version is 4.19.33
The package manager reports everything as being up to date. It's not an every day machine - more a disposable web browser or something to hand to visitors instead of giving access to a personal machine.
Up until recently it ran Vivaldi browser perfectly. But as of ver. 5.x of Vivaldi it no longer opens correctly and can't be used (just a white screen instead of the Vivaldi browser). I filed a bug report with the developers, but it still persists with recent point releases.
Chromium for 32bit ARMv7 seems to have stopped updates at ver.89 and Firefox ESR is stuck at ver.78
Any suggestions for a supported web browser where I can download a .deb package and install it which will receive updates?
I don't mind using the terminal to install if necessary, so long as I can find the correct details of any necessary repositories and also add them from the terminal.
Vivaldi had made this machine viable for light use - I'd like to find a supported web browser which can do the same again if possible.
The package manager reports everything as being up to date. It's not an every day machine - more a disposable web browser or something to hand to visitors instead of giving access to a personal machine.
Up until recently it ran Vivaldi browser perfectly. But as of ver. 5.x of Vivaldi it no longer opens correctly and can't be used (just a white screen instead of the Vivaldi browser). I filed a bug report with the developers, but it still persists with recent point releases.
Chromium for 32bit ARMv7 seems to have stopped updates at ver.89 and Firefox ESR is stuck at ver.78
Any suggestions for a supported web browser where I can download a .deb package and install it which will receive updates?
I don't mind using the terminal to install if necessary, so long as I can find the correct details of any necessary repositories and also add them from the terminal.
Vivaldi had made this machine viable for light use - I'd like to find a supported web browser which can do the same again if possible.
Thanks. But the machine currently has FireFox ESR 78 and Chromium 89.
Firefox (Mozilla) seem to have dropped support for 32bit ARM (ARMv7) as of ver.78 (long enough ago). From what I've found they only support ARM64 now.
Every attempt at installing Firefox has resulted in a very old version being pulled for ARMv7, and .deb packages of later versions are only for ARM64.
Same story for iceweasel, as it's based on FF v.78
This is the issue - the machine is 32bit ARM (ARMv7) but most ARM support now is only for ARM64 on Debian.
I was just hoping I'm missing something obvious...
Vivaldi still push out an ARMv7 build, but as mentioned it's been unusable on this machine with versions 5.0 and 5.1
Firefox (Mozilla) seem to have dropped support for 32bit ARM (ARMv7) as of ver.78 (long enough ago). From what I've found they only support ARM64 now.
Every attempt at installing Firefox has resulted in a very old version being pulled for ARMv7, and .deb packages of later versions are only for ARM64.
Same story for iceweasel, as it's based on FF v.78
This is the issue - the machine is 32bit ARM (ARMv7) but most ARM support now is only for ARM64 on Debian.
I was just hoping I'm missing something obvious...
Vivaldi still push out an ARMv7 build, but as mentioned it's been unusable on this machine with versions 5.0 and 5.1
Edited by Corso Marche on Wednesday 9th March 13:28
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