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Where is the thread with portable browsers?

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Would you folks be so kind to point me in the right direction to re-find the handy thread that lists newer portable browsers?
This old SeaMonkey 2.49.1 is getting beyond it's due date (SSL's) but very stable. The newer 2.53.16 (HANDY) portable while very integratable with 2.49.1 is not stable at all and produces WILD memory fluctuations.
I like SeaMonkey but looking to try a different browser perhaps.
Trying to stay with Xenial 7.5 with its own foibles and (one week-restart) bleeding memories.
Due to the huge volume of lib files nowadays, Fossa and whatnot are not reasonable options right now with this old machine.
Obviously, if I write this, 2.49.1 is too old to use the NZ site for downloads.
Original PaleMoon is no better, while still working quite well, updating that offers problems beyond a simple update=No worky. Oops, they much dislike negative feedback!
Hopefully not chastised for some bit of info missing. :)
Please, I click a mouse, not code on the command line in the console. Funny! To console/To THE console. Means different things huh? :lol:
Thoughts?

Distro: xenialpup 7.5
Window Manager: JWM v2.3.7
Desktop Start: xwin [jwm]
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer, M4A87TD/USB3 with AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor
Max Speed: 3200 MHz, Current Speed of Core 0:1900 MHz, 1:800 MHz, 2:800 MHz, 3:3200 MHz.
Memory Allocation: Total RAM: 2013 MB, Used RAM: 1883 MB, Free RAM: 130 MB, Buffers: 150 MB, Cached: 1091 MB, Total Swap: 0 MB, Free Swap: 0 MB
Actual Used RAM: 642 MB Used - (buffers + cached), Actual Free RAM: 1371 MB Free + (buffers + cached)
Linux Kernel: 4.4.95 (i686)
Kernel Version: #1 SMP Mon Nov 13 17:15:42 GMT 2017
PAE Enabled: No
BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 1102 Release Date: 12/09/2010
VGA controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3] [10de:10c3] (rev a2)
• Kernel Driver: nouveau
• Memory Used by Driver: 1185.01 KB
• Path: /lib/modules/4.4.95/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
• Description: nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce/Quadro/Tesla
• Video RAM: 256M
32M
Whew! Is THAT enough information? ;)

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Re: Where is the thread with portable browsers?

Post by pp4mnklinux »

Hi and welcome to puppy world ;), enjoy your visit... and come back again, oc....

Better than this threat, I'll give you the browsers section, viewforum.php?f=90 where you can find this and much more.

Just in case you want my compilation (of links, oc), you can go to http://www.protopage.com/pp4mnkt3am#Pub ... _PORTABLES where you can access to all @mikewalsh portables software list.

WELCOME AGAIN and COLLABORATE, pls.

Have a nice day u all.

edited__________

The complete list.- viewtopic.php?t=5104

:arrow:

Starting with Easy OS => https://easyos.org/

F96CE_XFCE_FUSILLI ==> https://puppyxfcefusilli.wordpress.com/

YouTube_ _ _Channel ==> https://bit.ly/f96ce_xfce_fusilli_HOWTO

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Re: Where is the thread with portable browsers?

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Rather than repeat the info pp4mnklinux has provided, let me suggest that with 2Gbs of RAM you may want to try a newer Puppy. See this thread, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 47#p100547 which suggests that Voidpup should 'fit your bill' [mentions some others] but also has advice regarding minimizing RAM-usage.

See also this thread about the availability of recent 32-bit Web-browsers, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8673. Note in particular the links to peebee's Chromium and Ungoogled-Chrome, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 852#p88852 and instructions for building your own, current, firefox, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 413#p89413. It will 'auto-update'; but can also be used to access mega.nz to obtain MikeWalsh's portables.

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Re: Where is the thread with portable browsers?

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Thanks you two! That gives me MUCH to chew on.
pp4, it took me a few years to re-find what was the old J Murga site (I was bobo75 I think), long-lost password etc and so glad I found this site.
We all need a helper once in awhile and this site does not disappoint.
I had needed a break from home car/truck diagnostics and started writing after a known site was now unavailable to me. (SSL's) That is the way. Mando ref.
This desktop is my best way to access the net. The phone, tho way more powerful, pales in comparison.
The mouse-click moron since 4.11.
ALL you folks are awesome. :thumbup:
Thank you!

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