firefox on old 32 bit cpu

sacarde2 · 2025-09-25 15:49:15

hi,
I would like to install firefox (or modern browser) on my old PC 32 bit

lscpu
Architecture:             i686
  CPU op-mode(s):         32-bit
  Address sizes:          34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
  Byte Order:             Little Endian
CPU(s):                   1
  On-line CPU(s) list:    0
Vendor ID:                AuthenticAMD
  BIOS Vendor ID:         AMD                                             
  Model name:             AMD Sempron(tm) 2400+
    BIOS Model name:      AMD Sempron(tm) 2400+                             CPU @ 1.6GHz
    BIOS CPU family:      29
    CPU family:           6
    Model:                8
    Thread(s) per core:   1
    Core(s) per socket:   1
    Socket(s):            1
    Stepping:             1
    BogoMIPS:             3333.66
    Flags:                fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat p
                          se36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow cpuid 3dnowprefe
                          tch vmmcall
Caches (sum of all):      
  L1d:                    64 KiB (1 instance)
  L1i:                    64 KiB (1 instance)
  L2:                     256 KiB (1 instance)
Vulnerabilities:          
  Gather data sampling:   Not affected
  Itlb multihit:          Not affected
  L1tf:                   Not affected
  Mds:                    Not affected
  Meltdown:               Not affected
  Mmio stale data:        Not affected
  Reg file data sampling: Not affected
  Retbleed:               Not affected
  Spec rstack overflow:   Not affected
  Spec store bypass:      Vulnerable
  Spectre v1:             Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitizatio
                          n
  Spectre v2:             Mitigation; Retpolines; STIBP disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS No
                          t affected; BHI Not affected
  Srbds:                  Not affected
  Tsx async abort:        Not affected

I try devuan 5.0 , antix,

but seem not possible to run firefox or chromium, this errors:

firefox
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump attempting to generate:/tmp//1c8b62ea-c36d-1272-e9f3-d457386e4327.dmp
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 1319
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump minidump generation succeeded
Istruzione non allowed

chromium
The hardware on this system lacks support for the sse3 instruction set.
The upstream chromium project no longer supports this configuration.
For more information, please read and possibly provide input to their
bug tracking system at http://crbug.com/1123353

do you think may be possible in refracta?

thanks

fsmithred · 2025-09-25 16:13:24

You could try this iso which works on my netbook that has a 32-bit intel atom processor, but it's built from devuan (excalibur) so it will have the same browsers as pure devuan or debian.

For browsers, this iso has lynx, links2 and dillo installed. Firefox and chromium will give you the same error message. Maybe falkon will work. If you already have daedalus installed, falkon is available in the repo and you don't need this iso to try it.

https://get.refracta.org/files/experime … 0_1739.iso

sacarde2 · 2025-09-25 17:04:47

I need firefox or firefox-esr or chromium

do you know other distros that not need sse3 ?

thanks

rolfie · 2025-09-25 17:14:50

All distros will use the build by Mozilla. Nobody will compile without SSE3 nowadays.

If you can't use one of the alternatives, the only way is to buy a more recent laptop or PC.

Last edited by rolfie (2025-09-25 17:15:47)

sacarde2 · 2025-09-25 20:37:12

firefox-esr too?

greenjeans · 2025-09-25 21:52:06

In searching the internet previously for similar solutions, I was able to find some 32 bit appimages of FF and Chromium, perhaps one of those might work for you.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cetf5l … f5lx07zd28

https://github.com/ivan-hc/32-bit-AppIm … g/chromium

Last edited by greenjeans (2025-09-25 21:55:13)

chris2be8 · 2025-09-26 16:09:21

If all else fails you could compile Firefox yourself for whatever CPU you have (for gcc -march-native might be the best option). But that might not be easy if you are not experienced with compiling programs.

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn · 2025-09-27 06:09:02

the fine folks over at Tiny Core Linux Forum are also talking about 32-bit Firefox:

https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,27784.0.html

(fyi, nevertheless the OP OT issue regarding cpu not supporting SSE3 is probably a non-starter)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3

Last edited by stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn (2025-09-27 06:12:02)

zapper · 2025-09-27 06:25:03

@sacrade2 you'd have a better chance of building palemoon for 32 bit honestly. Though I am not sure how anyone would do that. I have never built 32 bit palemoon before because never needed it. I stopped using 32 bit a while ago.

EDIT:

Well at least as my main OS.

On some computers I do use multilib and similar, but I don't think that's what you meant.

Last edited by zapper (2025-09-27 06:26:00)

sacarde2 · 2025-09-27 08:39:17

this are suggestions give to me:

- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/quest … er-1767649

but running "slitaz" distro and installed palemoon this is like firefox and seem to do what I am looking for

thanks

kapqa · 2025-09-27 16:50:33

lke also this browser

https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/

deb files
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntu … lla-build/

AI companion: ~~For Windows, you'd need to locate the last version that supported older CPUs not supporting the SSE2 instruction set, which is SeaMonkey 2.40.~~

Last edited by kapqa (2025-09-30 08:49:23)

32bits · Yesterday 19:07:54

hallo sacarde2

you say «I need firefox or firefox-esr or chromium»

Why?

I use luakit and it works well in the most cases (not all: it can't render the new pictures formats build by the club Firefox-Google-M$ and, of course, y!, the propriety of those, especially to kill all other brothers... This club is a KILLER!) since the possibilities on Seamonkey are really reduced.

That is the situation: The GAFA's will make of 32 bits some waste... Millions of old PCs used by poor people.

rolfie did give you the right answer: old i7 whit less cores and less memory cost a few Euros, depending where you live!

or you can do as I : don't accept this situation and apply resistance...

zapper · Today 03:29:37

@32bits That seems to be what greed does to the tech industry. Sadly...

@sarcade I recommend it. But if you run into errors with discourse, you will need modify http response and when palemoon forums come online.

Then again, I know what you need to do with that addon to make discourse behave too.

It's a pain that people use discourse. Its a terrible forum framework software

sacarde2 · Today 07:17:59

thanks for replies

this PC is a backup-PC, in case of failure my standard PC

I need browsers where I can add "security devices" (that I found in firefox and derived and palemoon)

p.s.
in slitaz (mini distro) palemoon do this

Last edited by sacarde2 (Today 08:30:41)

pcalvert · Today 12:15:45

sacarde2 wrote:

I need browsers where I can add "security devices" (that I found in firefox and derived and palemoon)

Are you referring to uBlock Origin, or something else?

sacarde2 · Today 12:56:34

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firefox on old 32 bit cpu

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