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  Re: Old Distro Broken Browser
  By: Brad Hansen to All on Sat Aug 28 2021 04:00 pm

 > I have a very old Distro of Ubuntu, I can't update it because it will break
 > certain compiled programs from way back. Don't really have enough room for a
 > dual boot system.
 > Does anyone know of a light Browser that has all the SSL built in??  Or way 
 > get a Binary of one.  This one is kicking my but trying to find something th
 > I can compile or
 > run on a old distro.  Most Web-Sites give SSL errors.. Haven't been able to 
 > any SSL updates to take either.. But I really think it's all in the browser.
 > 

How old are we talking about?

Mzilla offers precompiled statically linked binaries for their Firefox browser.
You may download the tarball, uncompress it anywhere in your home and launch it
from there. It has most of its libraries included.

It won't work if the distribution is really old, but maybe it is worth a try.


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