Happy 2026

[Mysha]

Operating system: Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS; MATE 1.26.2
Browser version: Pale Moon 33.9.1 (64-bit) (GTK3) (-: [The About Pale Moon window still does not support copying.]
32-bit or 64-bit browser?: 64
Problem URL: Not really any, any more, though I'll probably run into something some time.
Browser theme (if not default):
Installed add-ons: None.
Installed plugins: (about:plugins): None.

Last summer, I asked Linux to reinstall Pale Moon, after which I had version 28, which still did not work, so I asked if that was the right one. Eventually, several months ago, I found the site now had PM version 33.8, which didn't work either.

Again a few months later, to start off the new year, I found the PM page now actually sported a version number, in the 33.9-s. Thus I loaded a new version again. Still no success. But having New Year's Day off, I tried again if I could make it work. I found that restarting in safe mode, quitting, and starting THAT version again, finally did the trick. For the first time in several years, I have a functional Web Browser, rather than a stop-gap measure!

Let me try that again:
!!!!

Apparently, between 28 and 33.9, something got corrected, and now I can actually run the browser! Of course, now I have no add-ons, and probably my passwords got overwritten (but they would be several years old anyway). Thus I have to find out how to get the new version of Pale Moon in Downloads to its proper place, wherever that may be, and then I have to get add-ons, and install them one by one to see what will work without PM going non-functional.
But I have a browser! Happy 2026.

[andyprough]

Pale Moon has worked perfectly on all versions of Ubuntu for many years. Were you trying to use some old 5-year old profile or something? Not sure what else would have given you trouble.

Anyway, glad you got it working now, let us know if you have any specific troubles. We are here to help, you don't have to do this all on your own with no help if there are things you don't understand.

[Lucio Chiappetti]

Were you trying to use some old 5-year old profile or something?

I confirm I'm using Pale Moon on Ubuntu since 4 years without any problem (and much before on openSuse). I would recommend to configure Pale Moon to update regularly (automatically, or manually after notice ... which gives you time to backup your profile). It is easy and safe. If you do not miss any update, any change in internal profile formats will be handled automatically ... there are some major changes which occasionally have this ... if they are not too old, the updater will handle a staggered update (i.e. if you are left at version N, it will first update from N to P - the latest compatible - then from P to Q - which deals with format changes - then from Q to R, the latest. But if you do update regularly, you'll avoid all troubles.

[Mysha]

Hi,
Thanks, both of you: I know that the situation was unusual; I was just reporting that something functioned, now. I am not sure how long I went without Pale Moon; probably something like: Since it was no longer included by default in Ubuntu.

So, I now have a Pale Moon in my downloads directory. More precisely, a "palemoon" directory inside "Downloads". Does anyone know where it was supposed to go to? Once I have it in the proper location, I know it will update itself. (It currently tells me it's up to date; no surprise. I recall that in the past I was unable to find the Update function, as I didn't consider it a function of Help.) I just have to find where it's supposed to go, so I can move that directory in Downloads over to the correct location.

[A bit later] I think I've found that the old version 28* version is in /lib/palemoon. Anyone know a reason I should not just copy the directory in Downloads over to "/lib"?

Either way, I expect I'll have trouble trying to create something XUL-like, as the last time I looked into that, was when it was still available in Firefox. At the moment I can't even recall how to create a warning light button.

[Lucio Chiappetti]

So, I now have a Pale Moon in my downloads directory. More precisely, a "palemoon" directory inside "Downloads".

Did you retrieve the tar file ?
Personally I find a bad idea to use the Downloads directory and I've instructed my browser to "ask me where I want".
Anyhiow once you have the tar file wherever it is you may unpack it wherever you want and this creates the "palemoon" directory (personally mine is in /agilulf/Software/palemoon

And then create a few links in system directories (or just make sure the palemoon executables are in your $path). A good starting point is https://developer.palemoon.org/docs/linux-installation/ if you haven't read it already

(for instance I have

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lucio 6 > which palemoon
/usr/bin/palemoon
lucio 7 > file /usr/bin/palemoon
/usr/bin/palemoon: symbolic link to /agilulf/Software/palemoon/palemoon