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bootle
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 Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:20 pm Post subject: Firefox without SSE2 |
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Hi,
which latest Firefox version for linux doesn't require SSE2 ?
Many thanks for help! |
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CaptainBlood
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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ChatGPT: | Code: | Firefox no longer supports processors without SSE2, which is a minimum requirement for running the latest version of the browser. SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) is a set of instructions in x86 processors that is used to improve performance in certain types of calculations, such as graphics and audio processing.
The last version of Firefox that did not require SSE2 was Firefox 52 ESR, released in March 2017. However, it is no longer supported by Mozilla and no longer receives security updates.
It is strongly recommended to use a newer version of Firefox or a different browser on a processor that does not support SSE2, as it may be vulnerable to security exploits and other issues. |
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bootle
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:23 pm Post subject: [Solved] Firefox without SSE2 |
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Many thanks again for this informative reply!
Regards, bootle |
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mike155
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| CaptainBlood wrote: | ChatGPT: | Code: | Firefox no longer supports processors without SSE2, which is a minimum requirement for running the latest version of the browser. SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) is a set of instructions in x86 processors that is used to improve performance in certain types of calculations, such as graphics and audio processing.
The last version of Firefox that did not require SSE2 was Firefox 52 ESR, released in March 2017. However, it is no longer supported by Mozilla and no longer receives security updates.
It is strongly recommended to use a newer version of Firefox or a different browser on a processor that does not support SSE2, as it may be vulnerable to security exploits and other issues. |
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Maybe it's time to shut down forums.gentoo.org - and redirect everyone to ChatGPT...  |
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sam_
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Please do not just regurgitate ChatGPT answers. It often gets things completely wrong but makes it sound plausible. Other support forums have banned answers from it entirely.
There are Firefox patches out there to try make it work without SSE but no promises:
- https://salsa.debian.org/mozilla-team/firefox/-/merge_requests/6
- https://salsa.debian.org/mozilla-team/firefox/-/merge_requests/7
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Failing that (if you even want to try those - it's tricky given Rust right now needs SSE2 as well, although it's possible to build it without, see bug 741708), you may be able to use www-client/seamonkey. |
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CaptainBlood
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:46 am Post subject: |
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At least this time, ChatGPT does not only seem to be right:
Firefox report
Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.
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Hu
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| That bug report dealt with removing support for pre-SSE2 processors in the official build. It does not directly address making the official sources unable to be built for a pre-SSE2 processor by a motivated user, which could have been supported as simply as a configure flag, if upstream so chose. However, the use of Rust (and its aggressive use of SSE2) may preclude, or at least complicate, building a no-SSE2 Firefox. |
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MrRoy3
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| CaptainBlood wrote: | At least this time, ChatGPT does not only seem to be right:
Firefox report
Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support. |
Perhaps this time it is correct, but ChatGPT can and does make stuff up to answer questions, and will make it sound credible (as it is programmed to)
A good example is here: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/64090.html |
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