Old iMac needs Firefox or something

Sending my Macbook Pro in for some repairs so going to be using the old iMac G4 10.2.8
It still works fine but things like Firefox and Yahoo etc are really out of date. Websites like FaceBook won't work on it. Is there a link to old FireFox upgrades? Safari?

Apple's only browser is Safari so they would not have a third-party one for an obsolete OS on their site. Here is a source for Camino--a Mac-only version of Firefox that's leaner:
http://caminobrowser.org/download/releases/
For 10.2, you need to scroll down and select v1.0.6 from the list. I think you'll find Camino more responsive and less resource-hungry that an equivalent version of FireFox.

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You can use any keyboard but not the latest Apple aluminum ones. If you want one of thoseyou need to upgrade to 10.5. Leopard, but you would need to buy a retail disc to do it.

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Firefox 2.0.0.20 is the last ever release for Mac OSX 10.3.9 and earlier versions. <br />Get it here: <br />
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.20/mac/en-US/
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Mac OS X 10.4 and later, Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor, 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater), 200 MB hard drive space <br />
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/system-requirements/

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Latest versions of firefox are not playing nice with the old version of RedHat/Fedora that I am running on one of my systems. The firefox version I had on there is now corrupted and needs a reinstall. Upgrading the operating system is not an option. Where do I find old versions of firefox for download? I can only find versions 3.6.15 or later on the mozilla site, search as I might.

UncleD there is no no need to go to a random unofficial download site when Mozilla has all versions since the beginning available to public. Also not that the OP is using Linux, something that the oldapps site does not support anyways.
duncombe
The ftp.mozilla.org is Not mirrored and it hosts the old versions that is not still hosted by the mirrored releases.mozilla.org
Also old versions are a potential security risk http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/
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I get a dialog box telling me that: Connection Failed in bold letters and then the following: This file server is running on your machine. Please access the volumes and files locally.
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Thanks but that did not work. Under the new user I tried all browsers and the only one that opens is Safari.
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Hey Everyone!
I'm looking to swap iMacs with my parents. I have an older iMac (bought around 2008) and I want to move everything over to my parents newer iMac (bought around 2010), and from there move everything from my parents iMac over to my older iMac.
I have done tons of work on mine and have over 150 applications. The amount of work it would take to manually install all of these makes this swap not worth it. Is there a way to do this easily with time machine and an external hard drive, or any other way?
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Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
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Thanks for the help! Will this keep both systems exactly the same? Someone else told me to do a Time Machine backup for each machine, then a fresh install of the OS. Are both ways effective? Step by step details would be amazing. Thanks again!
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http://pondini.org/OSX/Transfer.html
Please carefully read the article, everything you need is right there. It's very comprehensive so take your time.

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You must purchase a new QT key for each computer.
Since you have a new iMac, you are entitled to 90 days of FREE phone tech support from Apple and you can use the Chat with a Support Agent. The online chat support _*is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.*_
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dwb
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http://www.tekserve.com/store/networking-cables-adapters/cables-adapters/apple-t hunderbolt-to-firewire-adapter.html
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