Your fix is the only fix that actually works. Thank you very much.

Well, the workaround toggle with 'xpinstall.signatures.required' worked here, FF 60.6.1esr Slackware64 14.2. 'Firefox Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Allow Firefox to install and run studies' is NOT an acceptable "fix" especially as it is disabled in Slackware for good reason. I suppose I'll have to wait until Slackware posts an updated build in the official repositories.

I'm also not buying "just a mistake" either. Certificate errors are simply not acceptable. Mozilla should and does know better.

SeaMonkey is not a bad alternative. Unfortunately it seems frozen in the past. A number of security extensions available in FF are no longer available in SM. Chromium? meh.

Well as an addon (see what I did there) to my earlier post, I used ruario's Vivaldi script and I must say this is quite nice.

PaleMoon or Chromium......we'll see.....both now installed, ready to take over from Mozilla/Firefox.....if it was just a case of an expired certificate, why hasn't a new certificate been issued?!

No!

I just don't want to setup a "normal user"!

That's why I like and use Puppy Linux and also why I liked Windows XP. I want to be root! Always!

I have a very nice setup of Kubuntu 11.04 installed on a single machine. Still using it from time to time and my girlfriend is using it regularly whenever she boots that machine. Whenever I want to change something I have to open a terminal, typing sudo to get access to system files and to be able to change something on the system files. It was a lot of work to set this system up the way I want it. After finished I tried to make a clone of that installation to a usb flash drive by the use of dd. As I wanted to have option to boot it on different computers.

When booting from that usb flash drive everything (I repeat: EVERYTHING) needs to be started from terminal by sudo!

And that's just crap!

Normal user s...s!
Running as root rules!

Yes, security is not a priority of mine - like the whole internet in complete!

Those who ask for security/safety will find shackles, chains and jail bars!

I know what I'm doing!
I never have been attacked!

Wait, that's not true.

I have been attacked once at times when I was using Windows 98SE in 2001 - I didn't know what I was doing at these days!

Well, have fun with your little toy distro then...

Good for you.

Like a lot of non-Ubuntu based distros, not on my machine it doesn't...

Until something goes wrong/you get malware or similar running as root...

Well good luck to you, sounds like you'll need it...

No, it's not just a mistake imho.

Firefox did make lots of things in the past several years that won't fit anymore into true FREEDOM. Firefox once was a leader on that freedom. Now it's becoming more and more some kind of a System W...e.

Be sure: my computer can't become a zombie. I'm running in RAM only. I decide (part by part) what is saved after a session. I can run browser and internet without having drives mounted.

Even if I (or any attacker) would remove all the libs in e.g. /usr/lib the system will reboot like a fresh and new install. I'm secure, since I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!

Why not? Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Oh well, you're a funny guy!

Little toy Distro?

Yes, it's a small system currently at 384 MB in a .sfs module. But it's a full featured Audio, Graphics and Video Studio including everything that would be needed in addition for doing Office etc.pp.

From that small 384 MB System I can start and run 719 programs by its menu entries. And this includes GIMP, JWildfire, Blender, Lightzone, RAW Editors like RAW Therapee, Qtractor, Kdenlive, Openshot, all JACK programs, Rosegarden, Ardour3 (Ardour5 in my newest LazY Puppy), all Software Systhesizers like Yoshimi, Qsynth, Qsampler, ZynAddSubFx etc.pp. plus many many more, like Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 and Stellarium!

Show me please, how would you do that from your big adult distro if it would be just 384 MB small/big?

I assume you wouldn't even be able to listen to .mp3 files!

You just don't know what you're talking about, when saying "little toy distro"

Really, in my wildest nights I didn't assume there could be such s....d people around in the GNU/Linux world!

Hey, do you know what?

Have a look at my Youtube channel (click the link in my signature) to get a small impression of what I'm doing in my "little toy distro"!

Really, you're just a funny guy.

Ich lache mir echt 'nen Ast!

Am I? Thanks.

It doesn't need to be that small, it called buying a bigger drive. It's not 1991 anymore, again enjoy your little toy.

Quite easy with VLC, not to mention a number of other media players (and media formats).

That's as old as they come, "you just don't know what you're talking about", "you said it first!, no I didn't, you did!!, did not, YOU did!!!!".

You clearly assume a lot, once again, good luck to you...

No thanks. But on that point; everything is NOT made with Puppy, sorry, but you're wrong about that.

I'm flattered again.

How does the "branch" feel about that?

(you don't need to answer that, I was only kidding)

I want to have it that small, since I run in RAM only and I want it to boot quick!

Yes, but your system wouldn't even boot at 384 MB. So, no chance to run VLC!

That's why the sig (for a few days now, since uploading some new/older videos) says: there's some new Videos, so exceptions are marked

Sorry, I don't understand such!

Well you still don't know what you are talking about when talking/stating on Puppy Linux.

Well, it's your freedom to feel comfortable and familiar with all of those shackles, chains and jail bars provided by those big adult distros.

I love my toy distro and also love to play with it - like toys are made for!

And I'm very impressed of the results each time I'm playing!

How many hours/days did you spent since the year 2012 to update your system, to have it safe and secure as a normal user?

Me one: 0 (zero) seconds! I don't need to do that or to waste time on it!

Digging around in the preferences, it looks like there is no way to easily just turn off javascript across the board. Also while in there I noticed that turning on DRM is an option now. I wonder how long it will go before that becomes on by default and then eventually irreversably active.

People on other forums are still having their add ons disabled, even now.

I'm beginning to think this is actually a 'back door' exploit.

Maybe something to do with America's N.S.A. - I think we all know how they'd love to have access to every ones computers.

Are there any web browsers not based in America?

Certificates expiring is a valid issue - if whomever originally got the certificate just got an installed it without tracking expiration date, it is entirely possible they forgot and it expired.

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