BrassMonkey

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Wicknix has released the new BrassMonkey Internet Suite. It contains a web browser, email client, HTML editor, IRC client, News client and RSS client.

Further information: github.com

I compiled it for Linux PPC 32-bit without AltiVec support. It works on Void PPC, MintPPC, Fienix, Debian etc.

.mozconfig

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export CC="gcc -m32"
export CXX="g++ -m32"
mk_add_options PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2
mk_add_options AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf-2.13

# Set GTK Version to 2 or 3
_GTK_VERSION=2

ac_add_options --target=powerpc-linux-gnu
ac_add_options --host=powerpc-linux-gnu 
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg 
ac_add_options --enable-application=suite
ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-jxl
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=cairo-gtk2 
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
ac_add_options --disable-safe-browsing
ac_add_options --disable-devtools
ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
ac_add_options --disable-jemalloc
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-gconf 
ac_add_options --disable-gamepad
ac_add_options --disable-precompiled-startupcache 

export MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING=0
export MOZ_ADDON_SIGNING=0
export MOZ_REQUIRE_SIGNING=0

Download: brassmonkey-32.5.0.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2



Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

There is a package extras.zip with add-ons and themes.

You can install for example greasemonkey.xpi for using YouTube in HD with ViewTube.

You can also install uBlock0rigin.xpi for faster surfing by blocking adverts and web tracking.

[xeno74]

I compiled BrassMonkey 32.5.1 with the new Goanna layout and rendering engine 6.6.0 for PPC64 with AltiVec support today. It contains a web browser, email client, HTML editor, IRC client, News client and RSS client.

Compile time on an X1000: 368:00.12

Download: brassmonkey-32.5.1.linux-powerpc64-gtk2-altivec.tar.xz

[xeno74]

I compiled a 32-bit PowerPC version without AltiVec today.

Compile time on an X5000/40: 133:34.41

Download: brassmonkey-32.5.1.linux-powerpc-gtk2-without_altivec.tar.xz

[xeno74]

Wicknix has released BrassMonkey 33.4.0. Unfortunately the mail component is broken due to new commits.

Compile time on an X5000/40: 133:17.89

./mach package

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/home/amigaone/Downloads/brass-monkey-33.4.0/obj-powerpc-linux-gnu/suite/installer/package-manifest:57: Missing file(s): bin/icudt63l.dat

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cp /home/amigaone/brassmonkey/icudt63l.dat obj-powerpc-linux-gnu/dist/bin/

After starting the mail component:

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XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: chrome://messenger/content/msgAccountCentral.xul
Line Number 156, Column 11:          <label class="acctCentralText"
----------^

There was a commit 10 months ago. I have tried the commit before and it works again.

vim platform/mailnews/base/content/msgAccountCentral.xul

Link: msgAccountCentral.xul

./mach build again.

./mach run

./mach package

The icudt63b.dat is missing in the package. Please extract the package in obj-powerpc-linux-gnu/dist and copy the icudt63b.dat to the brassmonkey directory.

Download: brassmonkey-33.4.0.linux-powerpc-gtk2-without_altivec.tar.xz

Another issue after testing:

Menu Edit - Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings...

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XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: chrome://messenger/content/AccountManager.xul
Line Number 38, Column 7:      <button id="accountActionsButton" type="menu"
------^

[sailorMH]

I tried BrassMonkey 32.5.1 with altivec on X1000 + Debian Sid.
With this result:

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./brassmonkey 
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /home/martina/brassmonkey/libxul.so:
libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

I simply extracted archive to home folder. Please, which is right way to run Brassmonkey?

[xeno74]

I tried BrassMonkey 32.5.1 with altivec on X1000 + Debian Sid.
With this result:

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./brassmonkey 
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /home/martina/brassmonkey/libxul.so:
libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

I simply extracted archive to home folder. Please, which is right way to run Brassmonkey?

I uploaded the libffi.so.6 for PPC64 today.

Link: libffi.so.6.suse-ppc64.gz

Please copy it to /lib64.

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# cp libffi.so.6.suse-ppc64 /lib64/libffi.so.6

After that try to start BrassMonkey again.

Thanks

[xeno74]

I replaced some files with the ones from November 2023 (UXP-RB_20231128) and added the calendar additionally.

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[amigaone@void-ppc base]$ cp -R ../../../../uxp/mailnews/base/content .
[amigaone@void-ppc prefs]$ cp -R ../../../../../uxp/mailnews/base/prefs/content .
[amigaone@void-ppc mailnews]$ cp ../../../uxp/mailnews/jar.mn .

ac_add_options --enable-calendar (You have to add Lightning from the extension directory - File - Open File...)

New download: brassmonkey-33.4.0.linux-powerpc-gtk2-without_altivec.tar.xz

Screenshot of BrassMonkey 33.4.0 with Netscape 7 logo:



For Fienix:

You need libffi7 and libjpeg8 for BrassMonkey on Fienix.

You can install them with the following commands:

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fienix@fienix:~/Downloads/sealion$ sudo apt-get install libffi7
fienix@fienix:~/Downloads/sealion$ sudo apt-get install libjpeg8

[sailorMH]

Thank you!

With Debian 8 libffi.so.6 should be copied to /usr/lib/powerpc-64-linux-gnu.

Allworks very nice!!

EDIT:
P.S.: compile time at X1000: 368:00.12 is 368 minutes?

[xeno74]

P.S.: compile time at X1000: 368:00.12 is 368 minutes?

Great! That it works. Yes, 368 minutes.