Pale Moon for Atom build for Linux
Posted: 2014-06-11, 16:51
Are there any plans of making a build for Linux of the Pale Moon version optimized for Atom CPUs?
I have a Samsung NB30 netbook with an Intel Atom N450 @1,66 GHz, running a dual boot of Win7 + Linux Mint 17. I installed Win7 on it mainly because of the drivers and to mirror my settings and preferred apps on my main Win7 machine.
But, Linux Mint recognizes and installs drivers for all netbook components/devices and they seem to be all very compatible (even the mobile 3G broadband adapter), the netbook runs way faster and has better power/battery management with Linux Mint than with Win7, and lately I migrated my preferred Windows apps to better alternatives that also have Linux builds (ditched uTorrent for Deluge, Winamp partially for Clementine, Firefox for Pale Moon, etc). I no longer feel the need of having Win7 installed on this netbook, for the previous reasons and I really feel that I enjoy a lot more using it with Linux Mint.
The only thing that I feel that's missing is a Linux port/build of the Pale Moon version optimized for Atom CPUs, even though there is a Linux build of the standard Pale Moon version, as it should adapt better to the speed that the Atom offers.
Firefox and the standard Pale Moon version are somewhat slow on this CPU, be it on Linux or Win7, and I don't to keep Win7 installed just for the Pale Moon version optimized for Atom CPUs.
I know that there shouldn't be a high user base interested on having it ported, but currently both 32-bit and 64-bit builds are ported to Linux, so why not having the Atom optimized build ported over also?
I have a Samsung NB30 netbook with an Intel Atom N450 @1,66 GHz, running a dual boot of Win7 + Linux Mint 17. I installed Win7 on it mainly because of the drivers and to mirror my settings and preferred apps on my main Win7 machine.
But, Linux Mint recognizes and installs drivers for all netbook components/devices and they seem to be all very compatible (even the mobile 3G broadband adapter), the netbook runs way faster and has better power/battery management with Linux Mint than with Win7, and lately I migrated my preferred Windows apps to better alternatives that also have Linux builds (ditched uTorrent for Deluge, Winamp partially for Clementine, Firefox for Pale Moon, etc). I no longer feel the need of having Win7 installed on this netbook, for the previous reasons and I really feel that I enjoy a lot more using it with Linux Mint.
The only thing that I feel that's missing is a Linux port/build of the Pale Moon version optimized for Atom CPUs, even though there is a Linux build of the standard Pale Moon version, as it should adapt better to the speed that the Atom offers.
Firefox and the standard Pale Moon version are somewhat slow on this CPU, be it on Linux or Win7, and I don't to keep Win7 installed just for the Pale Moon version optimized for Atom CPUs.
I know that there shouldn't be a high user base interested on having it ported, but currently both 32-bit and 64-bit builds are ported to Linux, so why not having the Atom optimized build ported over also?