Lubuntu Users:
I noticed in the minimum system requirements for Lubuntu 17.04, that a
Pentium 4, or perhaps a Pentium M is required.
I have two Pentium 3 machines, on which I successfully tested Lubuntu
16.10, and later upgraded them to 17.04.
These machines passed my basic sequence of tests, using them as music
workstations. I concluded that Lubuntu works (for my music software) on
Pentium 3 machines.
But on attempting to browse the web (using Firefox) to download my
latest music software, the browser crashes!
I tried Chromium, and it also crashes.
I tried Qupzilla, and Midori, and they, too, crashed.
I remember that I had noticed browser crashes when I tested Lubuntu
16.10, as well.
So I figured that the reason a Pentium 4 is required for Lubuntu 17.04,
has to do with the lack of a working browser.
I then concluded I would just have to use Lubuntu 16.04 on these
machines until its support runs out. But on testing this, I find that
with a fully updated Lubuntu 16.04 machine, when I try to run Firefox on
a Pentium 3 machine, it crashes!
Does anyone have any more information on this? I am curious.
But then, not wanting to throw these machines away, though probably more
from being stubborn, I found a way to make the Firefox browser work on
Lubuntu 17.04!
I discovered that if I installed wine, and winetricks, I could install
the Windows version of Firefox (using winetricks), and it would run
without crashing! It even puts a launcher for it on the desktop.
Currently, it won't play videos or audio files (I may yet be able to
tweak it to succeed at this). But I can usually download the file
(right-click, then Save Link As...), and then browse to where it was
downloaded (with the file browser) and then use the file normally under
Linux.
Perhaps some of you out there may find this information useful.
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Sincerely,
Aere
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