Dpup Stretch Remaster - Upgradeable Firefox adrv and PPM fix

[dancytron]

Okay, this one should work.

Start firefox from /opt/firefox32/ff.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2dxssula ... i6esb&dl=1

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md5sum Stretch-7.5b-OTBwFF-uefi-k4.19.56_1-28-25.iso
513408e293255b9c78aa832050dadb72  Stretch-7.5b-OTBwFF-uefi-k4.19.56_1-28-25.iso

- Added firefox esr portable from @fredx181 on the adrive in /opt.
- edit_sfs.2.1.pet on ISO but not installed. https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=47469
- PPM hooked up to the archives and updates correctly now. See viewtopic.php?p=140968#p140968 thanks @peebee

Firefox upgrades to the latest version manually from the "Help-About" page. Webgl samples site fails with a "no webgl" error but youtube seems fine and runs 1080p with no dropped frames on Windows 7 era hardware. Didn't test anything with DRM.

[mikewalsh]

Firefox upgrades to the latest version manually from the "Help-About" page. Webgl samples site fails with a "no webgl" error but youtube seems fine and runs 1080p with no dropped frames on Windows 7 era hardware. Didn't test anything with DRM.

@dancytron :-

As highlighted above, FYI, it wouldn't have worked anyway. The Linux 'industry-standard' implementation of DRM is Google's Widevine......and Big Brother deprecated the 32-bit version of this back around the time COVID was "kicking off". Hasn't worked for years, and is why I largely dropped 32-bit Puppies; for one thing, I don't actually NEED them, and for another, I'm an avid NetFlix user.....for which DRM is most definitely required.

(*shrug...*)

Were it not for that, I'd be giving this a try, mate. Pity, 'cos I really liked DPup 'Stretch' an' all! Kudos, anyhow, for tackling this; it'll really be appreciated by many, I've no doubt. Well done!

Mike.

[greengeek]

Hi Dancytron - I tried booting the new iso and found it did not handle my Toshiba S500 the same way that the original did.

The new version gets the screen res wrong, and there is no touchpad function.

Also - a popup said that there was no soundcard detected.

Will have another try soon but just thought I would mention the behaviour. Seemed as if if somehow remembered some other machine...

[dancytron]

Hi Dancytron - I tried booting the new iso and found it did not handle my Toshiba S500 the same way that the original did.

The new version gets the screen res wrong, and there is no touchpad function.

Also - a popup said that there was no soundcard detected.

Will have another try soon but just thought I would mention the behaviour. Seemed as if if somehow remembered some other machine...

The thing I did different was have it create a zdrive.

I'll have to think about how I can fix it.

[dancytron]

Okay, this one should work. I just added the PPM fix from @peebee and the Firefox adrive.

Start firefox from /opt/firefox32/ff.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2dxssula ... i6esb&dl=1

[mikewalsh]

As highlighted above, FYI, it wouldn't have worked anyway. The Linux 'industry-standard' implementation of DRM is Google's Widevine......and Big Brother deprecated the 32-bit version of this back around the time COVID was "kicking off". Hasn't worked for years, and is why I largely dropped 32-bit Puppies; for one thing, I don't actually NEED them, and for another, I'm an avid NetFlix user.....for which DRM is most definitely required.

With reference to the above from my earlier post, it's quite possible that peebee's "64-bit on 32-bit" converter SFS might work okay here. It works very well indeed on 32-bit Xenialpup, and Xenialpup and Stretch are of a similar vintage; nearly identical glibc, very similar dependency versions, and indeed I used to find that if summat worked under Xenialpup, it was almost guaranteed to run under Stretch as well.

See here for the SFS, instructions on use & discussion:-

https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=7779

A 64-bit kernel AND 64-bit capable hardware are required for this trick, but it does NOT prevent the rest of your 32-bit system performing as originally intended. See also this thread from Mikeslr about the process:-

https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=7808

Just a thought.....but it DOES then open up the full range of 64-bit portable browsers for your use.

Mike.

[dancytron]

As highlighted above, FYI, it wouldn't have worked anyway. The Linux 'industry-standard' implementation of DRM is Google's Widevine......and Big Brother deprecated the 32-bit version of this back around the time COVID was "kicking off". Hasn't worked for years, and is why I largely dropped 32-bit Puppies; for one thing, I don't actually NEED them, and for another, I'm an avid NetFlix user.....for which DRM is most definitely required.

With reference to the above from my earlier post, it's quite possible that peebee's "64-bit on 32-bit" converter SFS might work okay here. It works very well indeed on 32-bit Xenialpup, and Xenialpup and Stretch are of a similar vintage; nearly identical glibc, very similar dependency versions, and indeed I used to find that if summat worked under Xenialpup, it was almost guaranteed to run under Stretch as well.

See here for the SFS, instructions on use & discussion:-

https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=7779

A 64-bit kernel AND 64-bit capable hardware are required for this trick, but it does NOT prevent the rest of your 32-bit system performing as originally intended. See also this thread from Mikeslr about the process:-

https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=7808

Just a thought.....but it DOES then open up the full range of 64-bit portable browsers for your use.

Mike.

I'll leave that for someone else to try. I was kind of shocked that Firefox would update to the latest version. Chrome stopped working in Stretch around version 100, even on 64 bit regular Debian.

[mikewalsh]

@dancytron :-

I have a 'portable' of AlienBob's Chromium 120 which runs beautifully under 32-bit Xenialpup, using jrb's instructions from here. I make no guarantees, but if you'd like to try it, you can find it here, at MediaFire.

I also have a 32-bit, portable 'mainline' build of the current, FF 134.0.2, packaged last night, which also runs very sweetly under Xenialpup. You can find this one here, at my Google Drive. Credits to Fred for figuring out the PulseAudio detection routines....so the wrapper-script knows whether or not to 'switch-in' the 'apulse' stuff.

Give 'em a try if you want. I'd be interested to know what results you get..?

Mike.