H.264: VP8/VP9: I additionally shot a short 4 second video clip of the Talos in action. I've filed a bug with Mozilla to upstream this work. If you do have a bmo account, consider Voting for this issue. (Don't spam the bug tracker with +1 comments; it won't help.) Please also consider supporting my progress… Continue reading YouTube. 1080p. Big-endian PowerPC + Firefox.
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Status update for Firefox on PowerPC / big endian
(This post is probably not interesting to non-technical observers. Rest assured, I'm still working quite hard on porting Firefox to PowerPC when I have the chance.) I've just pulled the latest Firefox code (from mozilla-central) and have fully rebuilt Firefox with the latest code. First, the good news: JS-API tests are still 100% passing. XPC… Continue reading Status update for Firefox on PowerPC / big endian
Big Endian Firefox: Now with more compositing
I'm currently in the process of trying to bring up the PowerPC platform as a fully supported architecture in Firefox. I've already implemented better support for XPCOM / JS interfacing, and fixed a crash in the JavaScript interpreter. My next challenge is fixing graphical issues, which is proving to be more of a challenge than… Continue reading Big Endian Firefox: Now with more compositing
Ridiculous unusable download URLs for open source projects
I told myself (and everyone I know) that I wouldn't write another blog post until I moved the blog off Google Blogger, but I can't stay silent on this issue. UPower, the open source power management software used on Linux (and I believe the *BSD family), has recently changed their download URLs. As the lead… Continue reading Ridiculous unusable download URLs for open source projects
Configuring Apache 2.4 to serve GitLab over TLS / HTTPS
As part of my work assisting in the set up of the infrastructure for Galapagos Linux, I volunteered to install and configure GitLab. My colleagues had attempted to use the Debian Omnibus package, but that failed in spectacular ways, including references to directories in the configuration that did not exist after package installation. The most… Continue reading Configuring Apache 2.4 to serve GitLab over TLS / HTTPS
Let’s Encrypt and why I still pay for TLS certificates
I am asked with alarming regularity why I am not using Let's Encrypt for Web sites. This article answers that question.
Going IPv6 native without IPv4
Now that I have finally moved in to my new apartment (which requires a long blog of its own), I have new routing equipment and a new network infrastructure. The native IPv6 on Cox Communications seems to be a bit better than the native IPv6 offered by Comcast Business; namely, Cox seems to be peered… Continue reading Going IPv6 native without IPv4
