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| Developer(s) | SticKK |
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| Final release | 3.5.5 / November 23, 2009 |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Mozilla Public License 1.1 |
| Website | Swiftweasel Project |
Swiftweasel was a fork of Mozilla Firefox available for the Linux platform only.
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| Developer(s) | SticKK |
|---|---|
| Final release | 3.5.5 / November 23, 2009 |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Mozilla Public License 1.1 |
| Website | Swiftweasel Project |
Swiftweasel was a fork of Mozilla Firefox available for the Linux platform only.
Swiftweasel is optimized using the following methods:
As of the 3.0.3 release, Swiftweasel has shifted its primary optimization from processor specific to profile-guided optimization (PGO). [1] It is a two step building process. The application is compiled one time and then run to produce a profile. The profile is then used to guide a second compilation of the application. Some of the older optimizations are still used, but there are now only Intel and AMD versions of each build. It is released compiled in a tar.gz package. There are also separate installers for Ubuntu and Arch linux available through their communities.
Increased Security
Simplify
Swiftweasel has several extensions installed by default. [7]
Changes made to Swiftweasel include:
| Developer(s) | SticKK |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.0.0.22 / July 30, 2009 |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Email client |
| License | Mozilla Public License 1.1 |
| Website | Swiftweasel Project |
The Swiftweasel project also builds optimized 32 and 64bit builds of the Thunderbird email client known as Swiftdove.
As of the current version 2.0.0.21, Swiftdove is also PGO optimized.
The 2.0.0.21 builds of Swiftdove include the 0.9 Lightning calendar plugin installed by default.
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