a lot of queries for just a first launch. Some of these queries were made multiple times each. These were captured by the Sysmon tool on my Windows machine:Īdditionally, after allowing Pale Moon to idle for approximately 10 minutes, it also made these queries: On this initial start of Pale Moon, it also initiated quite a series of DNS queries. I launched the browser immediately post-install, where two tabs greeted me: I chose the Standard installation method:Įverything went smooth and quick. Installing Pale Moon on my Windows 10 machine was simple and easy. NOTE: For this Pale Moon review, I am using Windows 10. These requirements differ slightly across different operating systems: There are minimum system requirements for running this browser.

It can run from an extracted tarball, much like an appimage. What's more is that Pale Moon need not be formally 'installed' to run on Linux systems. It also features a portable version (not to be confused with a mobile version - there is no mobile support for Pale Moon as of writing) that can be run from removable media such as a USB stick.

Pale Moon is available on Windows and most Linux platforms. It seems that Pale Moon's independence, customizability, and a belief in its UXP platform remain its main draws. Pale Moon forked from Firefox as early as Firefox 1.5.x, however it took years for it to grow and mature to the project it is currently. (But that's probably where the similarities end!) Pale Moon is an older fork than Waterfox and has completely moved in a different direction than other Firefox forks it currently uses its own engine, Goanna and its own platform, UXP. Somewhat similar to the Waterfox browser, Pale Moon has very humble beginnings. Truthfully, you can say that Pale Moon is its own independent product, completely separated from Mozilla Firefox despite its origin.

Moving on, let's establish that Pale Moon is a hard fork of pre-Australis Firefox. Pale Moon is a very interesting browser with a very long history.īut first, I should clarify: Pale Moon is not just another 'outdated and insecure Firefox fork.' Sources that claim this about Pale Moon are probably, at least for the most part, misinformed. No Mobile or dedicated macOS support (may be a con for some users).Excludes support for some common modern browser features ( ) More info.Not compatible with either Firefox or Chromium extensions.

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