Is pale moon strictly x86 only?

dommercb · Unread post by **dommercb** » 2018-09-01, 06:41

Hi,

I'm learning how to port code to powerpc for linux as an excercise in how to use cmake, clang, gcc, and other tools, as well as to just better the PPC front of linux in total. However, I'm no developer, so on top of this being a learning opportunity its a practice in learning everything ground up.

So does pale moon strictly exist on X86? Would I be able to port it? If not, why not?

Thanks!

adisib · Unread post by **adisib** » 2018-09-01, 15:39

It shouldn't be x86 only. There used to be an Android version, built for ARM. You might be interested in this issue, as it suggests there is some degree of PowerPC support but that it is planned to be removed at some point: https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/188

dommercb · Unread post by **dommercb** » 2018-09-01, 16:35

Thats a shame. Looks like it'll have to be firefox and midori then. I was looking forward to having options for users who would want to use powerpc machines like pale moon because its not that resource heavy. Oh well.

adisib · Unread post by **adisib** » 2018-09-01, 16:56

You could always maintain a PowerPC contributed build without any of the future PowerPC code removal if you wanted. Other people do similar, see here: http://www.palemoon.org/contributed-builds.shtml

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