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Which browser to use with porteus? Chrome crashes.

Posted: 05 Nov 2015, 15:15
by miner_tom

I am looking for a good Browser that would run well on Porteus. I did select Google Chrome in the unique build of Porteus that I installed but it crashes the machine. I also tried installing it from the Google website but that also fails.

I have loaded Firefox, which is what I am using now, but there are problems. For example, even though I loaded what was available via USM, I still get a warning that the version that I am using is obsolete. Also, believe that the flash player is not functioning although I have manually installed it. Finally, there are some web pages that do cause the system to crash (must reboot).

Here is my system information:

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ddress sizes	: 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
cpu MHz		: 2004.071
cpu cores	: 2
cpuid level	: 1
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
model name	: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
Family: Athlon 64
Signature: Family 15, Model 35, Stepping 2
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
PGE (Page global enable)
HTT (Multi-threading)
External Clock: 199 MHz
Max Speed: 3700 MHz
Current Speed: 2000 MHz
Family: Athlon 64
Signature: Family 15, Model 35, Stepping 2
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
PGE (Page global enable)
External Clock: 199 MHz
Max Speed: 3700 MHz
Current Speed: 2000 MHz
CURRENT KERNEL: 3.17.4-porteus

I am using the 64 bit version of Porteus.

Thank You
Tom

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Re: Which browser to use with porteus? Chrome crashes.

Posted: 05 Nov 2015, 19:06
by Bogomips
Hi miner_tom

IMHO it is Pale Moon if your computer is up to it. Please refer to this topic 2nd Page.

Re: Which browser to use with porteus? Chrome crashes.

Posted: 05 Nov 2015, 22:49
by aus9
miner_tom

Can you report the total of your RAM as well please. Leaping ahead, if you have less than 3G of RAM go to a 32 bit ISO. Exactly 3G the choice is yours but 32 bit packages tend to be smaller than 64 bit.

On LXQt 64 bit I can get to RAM total memory by (if you don't know how much you have)
main button -> System Tools -> Porteus System Info Click on Memory
post MemTtotal

or by code

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cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal

Re: Which browser to use with porteus? Chrome crashes.

Posted: 05 Nov 2015, 23:26
by Bogomips
@aus9
miner_tom wrote:I am using the 64 bit version of Porteus
@miner_tom
Btw just had look at your system info. Looks like you are fine for PaleMoon.

Re: Which browser to use with porteus? Chrome crashes.

Posted: 06 Nov 2015, 23:36
by francois
There are also:
midori, firefox, opera, slimjet.

Except for the last one, you can build them with usm package manager:

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su
usm -u all
usm -g midori

Re: Which browser to use with porteus? Chrome crashes.

Posted: 07 Nov 2015, 12:34
by aus9
well I feel unloved :oops:

If you are sure you have more than 3G of RAM then read how to fix chrome here
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=5112