What is Warpzilla?
The Mozilla project maintains choice and innovation on the Internet by developing the acclaimed, open source, Firefox web browser, and related products and technology. Warpzilla is the OS/2 port of these products, designed to run on both OS/2® and eComStation.
Download Warpzilla
Latest Product Releases:
- Firefox 3.0.1
- SeaMonkey 1.1.11
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.14
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download: [Zip File]
Older Products:
- Firefox 2.0.0.14
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download: [Zip File]
Mercurial Development Builds (rv:1.9.1 Gecko):
- Shiretoko alpha 1
- Firefox 3.1a2pre en-US (Minefield) nightly
- SeaMonkey 2.0a1pre nightly
- Thunderbird 3.0 Beta 1 pre en-US nightly
CVS Development Builds (rv:1.9.0.x Gecko):
Branch Development Builds (rv:1.8.1.x Gecko):
Popular Warpzilla Resources
- Latest installation instructions and system requirements.
- GCC runtime libraries:
- Innotek's Java Plug-In support for Mozilla and IBM Web Browser for OS/2 (updated). (obsolete for Gecko 1.9 builds)
- Innotek's Font Engine for OS/2. (obsolete for Gecko 1.9 builds)
- Current Open Warpzilla Bugs
- Recently Changed Warpzilla Bugs
- Steve Wendt's Tips for Warpzilla
- Peter Weilbacher's builds page and pmw-warpzilla page on Sourceforge
- Mozilla for OS/2 newsgroup
- Google Groups Search - Mozilla for OS/2 only
- Google Groups Search - all Mozilla groups
- IRC channel #warpzilla
Latest Warpzilla News
- August 18, 2008 A few days after the release of Shredder alpha 2, it has been released for OS/2, too. (Zipfile, please take note of the ReadMe which lists the major OS/2 specific bugs and the Release Notes) Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- July 30, 2008 Shiretoko 3.1 alpha 1 (the first alpha towards Firefox 3.1) has been released. (Zip File, Release Notes, README, MD5SUM). Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- July 16, 2008 Firefox 3.0.1 has been released. (Zip File, Release Notes, MD5SUM). Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library. Please read the OS/2 README before installing.
- July 16, 2008 SeaMonkey 1.1.11 has been released. (Installer, Zip File, Installation Instructions, Release Notes, MD5SUMS, README) Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- July 10, 2008 To date two "nightly" builds of the Minefield versions leading to the Firefox 3.1 release are available (of code today and June 25). As Mercurial is not yet ported to OS/2, this involves a lot of manual work and so these builds will only be made available as time permits, approximately bi-weekly.
- July 2, 2008 SeaMonkey 1.1.10 has been released. (Installer, Zip File, Installation Instructions, Release Notes, MD5SUMS, README) Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- June 17, 2008 Firefox 3.0 has been released. (Zip File, Release Notes, MD5SUM). Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library. Please read the OS/2 README before installing. This is a major version upgrade.
- May 14, 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 has been released. (Zip File, Release Notes) Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- May 14, 2008 A day after the release of Shredder alpha 1, it has been released for OS/2, too. (Zipfile, please take note of the ReadMe which lists the major OS/2 specific bugs and the Release Notes) Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- April 18, 2008 Firefox 2.0.0.14 has been released. (Zip File, Release Notes) Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- April 9, 2008 With a delay of a few days Firefox 3 beta 5 has been released for OS/2. (Zipfile, please take note of the ReadMe which lists the major OS/2 specific bugs and the Release Notes) Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- April 2, 2008 Firefox 2.0.0.13 has been released. (Zip File, Release Notes) Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- March 27, 2008 SeaMonkey 1.1.9 has been released. (Installer, Zip File, Installation Instructions, Release Notes, MD5SUMS, README) Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- March 19, 2008 Nightly builds of SeaMonkey and Thunderbird have resumed and are available from the Mozilla FTP server as linked above. They will actually not be built every night but there should be at least one update every week. They require a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library.
- *** Older news can be found here. ***
Warpzilla Developer Information
Current installation instructions and system requirements
- All of the products currently listed at the top of this page require C runtime DLLs that are not included in the product downloads, either libc051 or libc06x. The need for the latter began with the March 22, 2006 nightly 1.8 branch and trunk builds. The earlier remains required for various older release builds. Please consult the respective READMEs or news items above to determine the correct version for any particular build. To make things simpler, place all of them together somewhere in the LIBPATH. Otherwise, place them in the same directory as the product's exe file. The installer will not install the C runtime DLLs for you, but does require them in order to run.
- Minimum Requirements for all Mozilla products:
- Pentium class CPU
- 64 MiB RAM
- 64 MiB free swap space
- 35 MiB free harddisk space for installation plus storage space for disk cache and mail
- OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin Kernel)
- Fixpack 15 or higher
- MPTS version 5.3 or higher
- TCP/IP version 4.1 or higher
- INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=5.3007, AFOS2.SYS=5.3001, AFINET.SYS=5.3006
or higher
NOTE: Do not attempt to use MPTS & TCP/IP versions below these INETVER levels. Although Mozilla may seem to start and run normally with older stacks, some features Mozilla needs are not implemented correctly in older MPTS versions, which may result in crashes and data loss.
- Filesystem with native long filename support, e.g. HPFS or JFS
- Recommended for all Mozilla products:
- 500 MHz CPU (as in hot-rodding, the faster, the better, and too much is just right)
- 256 MiB RAM
NOTE: Performance and stability increase the more physical RAM is available. Especially for long browsing and IRC sessions 512 MiB of memory is recommended.
- Fixpack 16
- MPTS version 5.5 or 6.0
- TCP/IP version 4.3
- INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=6.2004, AFOS2.SYS=6.2000, AFINET.SYS=6.2013
or
- OS/2 Warp 4.52 Convenience Pack 2 (subscription)
or
- eCom Station 1.0 or higher
NOTE: MPTS 6 and FP 16 require a Software Choice subscription, the other upgrades are currently free of charge.
A little bit of Warpzilla history
- William A. Law's Warpzilla Page
- Joan Touzet's Warpzilla build instructions
- Documentation on OS/2 code in Mozilla from M7
- Setting up an M7 build environment
- Building the M7 lizard
- Old Build Instructions
- Very Old Build Instructions (for building with VACPP) [Setup] [Build]