Comments on: Ubuntu and Mozilla, Together? http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/ Just this guy, you know. Mon, 07 May 2012 13:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mackenzie http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Mackenzie Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:45:27 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2493 I recall hearing (I think at UDS Barcelona?) that the reason Firefox for Windows was so fast is due to code profiling. Mozilla releases a Windows build that's been profiled so the branch detection is fairly accurate...good optimisation. Generic Linux builds don't have that level of optimisation because there are so many distros to optimise for. Someone from Canonical was talking about profiling some packages in Ubuntu to improve compiler optimisation down the line for those packages. I think Firefox was one of them. I recall hearing (I think at UDS Barcelona?) that the reason Firefox for Windows was so fast is due to code profiling. Mozilla releases a Windows build that’s been profiled so the branch detection is fairly accurate…good optimisation. Generic Linux builds don’t have that level of optimisation because there are so many distros to optimise for. Someone from Canonical was talking about profiling some packages in Ubuntu to improve compiler optimisation down the line for those packages. I think Firefox was one of them.

]]> By: WindPower http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 WindPower Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:44:53 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2492 @Leolas Try Chromium and see the difference compared to Firefox. @Leolas Try Chromium and see the difference compared to Firefox.

]]> By: Leolas http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2491 Leolas Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:08:37 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2491 anything, but no chrome on linux! google knows already enough of my life :p then, if someone wants to install it, he's free to do it, but I believe that firefox and many other browsers are nearer to ubuntu's philosophy..... And actually, I find Firefox very fast on Ubuntu (maybe my 3 pcs have steroids, if nobody else think that FF is fast..), and in any case, in the long term it's lighter than Chrome anything, but no chrome on linux!
google knows already enough of my life :p

then, if someone wants to install it, he’s free to do it, but I believe that firefox and many other browsers are nearer to ubuntu’s philosophy…..

And actually, I find Firefox very fast on Ubuntu (maybe my 3 pcs have steroids, if nobody else think that FF is fast..), and in any case, in the long term it’s lighter than Chrome

]]> By: jef spaleta http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2490 jef spaleta Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:44:29 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2490 Uhm.... Ubuntu relies on a lot of Canonical paid for infrastructure in the form of all the services that Launchpad provides. -jef Uhm…. Ubuntu relies on a lot of Canonical paid for infrastructure in the form of all the services that Launchpad provides.

-jef

]]> By: Ben http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2489 Ben Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:55:29 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2489 Actually, I did google it... just didn't look at the wikipedia article (specifically, I googled "Mozilla Foundation"). As stated in the wikipedia article, the Mozilla Foundation controls all activities of the Mozilla Corporation, and all profits that Mozilla Corp. make are to be reinvested into Mozilla Foundation. What I take from it is that Mozilla Corporation does all the "business stuff" (keeping the website up, etc.), and Mozilla Foundation does all the, erm, other stuff(? organizing projects, making sure Mozilla Corp. is doing the right thing, etc.). I really don't see where the story was cut short, though. He said, "Mozilla is a Foundation and a Corporation", which is correct in a sense. Are you responding to this blog post or the story that this blog post is a response to? Actually, I did google it… just didn’t look at the wikipedia article (specifically, I googled “Mozilla Foundation”).

As stated in the wikipedia article, the Mozilla Foundation controls all activities of the Mozilla Corporation, and all profits that Mozilla Corp. make are to be reinvested into Mozilla Foundation. What I take from it is that Mozilla Corporation does all the “business stuff” (keeping the website up, etc.), and Mozilla Foundation does all the, erm, other stuff(? organizing projects, making sure Mozilla Corp. is doing the right thing, etc.).

I really don’t see where the story was cut short, though. He said, “Mozilla is a Foundation and a Corporation”, which is correct in a sense. Are you responding to this blog post or the story that this blog post is a response to?

]]> By: antimouse http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 antimouse Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:37:18 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2488 I switched to Linux as soon as there was a development version of Chrome available. It's impossible to use Linux with things such as Firefox and Pidgin. Now that we have Chrome and emesene, things are much better. =D I switched to Linux as soon as there was a development version of Chrome available. It’s impossible to use Linux with things such as Firefox and Pidgin. Now that we have Chrome and emesene, things are much better. =D

]]> By: marcoc2 http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 marcoc2 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:57:28 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2487 "True, I switched to Chrome as soon as it was stable enough" [2] Firefox on Linux really sux at performance “True, I switched to Chrome as soon as it was stable enough” [2]

Firefox on Linux really sux at performance

]]> By: lulz http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 lulz Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:40:46 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2486 Why not invest that time starting now instead of rushed if Ubuntu is ever sold. Why not invest that time starting now instead of rushed if Ubuntu is ever sold.

]]> By: someone http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 someone Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:38:50 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2485 Ubuntu relies on Debian, probably more than Canonical. Ubuntu also relies on RedHat, who employ a lot of the upstreams, also probably more than Canonical. Ubuntu will be fine without Canonical, I hope it just merges into Debian if Canonical were ever to go down the gurgler. Ubuntu relies on Debian, probably more than Canonical. Ubuntu also relies on RedHat, who employ a lot of the upstreams, also probably more than Canonical. Ubuntu will be fine without Canonical, I hope it just merges into Debian if Canonical were ever to go down the gurgler.

]]> By: WindPower http://doctormo.org/2009/12/28/ubuntu-and-mozilla-together/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 WindPower Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:19:50 +0000 http://doctormo.wordpress.com/?p=1704#comment-2484 I agree a lot on the "Mozilla focuses so much of it’s efforts on the Windows platform that their Linux releases seem more like the personal project of a handful of people" part. It's pathetic from a company that's supposed to support open-source stuff. I agree a lot on the “Mozilla focuses so much of it’s efforts on the Windows platform that their Linux releases seem more like the personal project of a handful of people” part. It’s pathetic from a company that’s supposed to support open-source stuff.

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