I recently posted about getting Firefox working in Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 x86_64. Updates to Firefox 3.5.1 were recently pushed to the repositories, and after updating, Gears stopped working again. Use the Gears build here for Firefox 3.5.1 Linux x86_46, linked to from this Google Groups post.
It really would be nice if 64-bit Linux was supported by Google rather than having to find these work-around builds. Clearly it works for us, what is the holdup?
Categories: Tech, Ubuntu Tags: 3.5, 3.5.1, 64-bit, 9.04, firefox, firefox 3.5, gears, google, google gears, jaunty, linux, Ubuntu, ubuntu jaunty, x86_64
I’ve finally moved permanently to Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04). Initially I installed it by following the instructions found here and here. However, I didn’t put the time in to update my extensions, so I ended up reverting back to the 3.0.* series. I installed by adding the Security Team’s PPA to my package sources list, but that is apparently no longer necessary.
The two extensions I couldn’t live without were Tab Mix Plus and Google Gears. After some digging, I found a TMP thread with a link (xpi) to a development build that works with Firefox 3.5. Also, I found a Google groups thread and a blog post with a few links to Linux x86_64 builds of Gears.
Once I upgraded these two extensions I was happy enough to continue using 3.5 permanently rather than just playing with it for an hour or so.
Note: The builtin support for OGG video is amazing. The problem is it’s only in Firefox right now, so I don’t really expect to see widespread adoption of it. However, it is one great step towards getting rid of plugin-based video based on flash.
Categories: Tech, Ubuntu Tags: 3.5, 9.04, firefox, flash, gears, google, google gears, jaunty, ogg, plugin, ppa, security, tab mix plus, tmp, Ubuntu, video
