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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by pcwalton on Monday November 12, 2018 @10:57AM (#18433319)
> mozilla and google still wont invest in a browser engine port

Gecko runs just fine on iOS.

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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by tombert on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:02AM (#18433352)
Wait, this is news to me. I was under the (probably erroneous) assumption that Firefox on iOS was running under webkit. Am I wrong?
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by pcwalton on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:03AM (#18433361)
Firefox for iOS is built on WebKit.

Gecko runs just fine on iOS; it just isn't deployed.

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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by raydev on Monday November 12, 2018 @12:39PM (#18434082)
Took a few Google search iterations but I found this: https://hg.mozilla.org/users/tmielczarek_mozilla.com/gecko-i...

That's neat. Looks like the last commit was in 2015.

Is there any backstory to this project? Was it just research? Is it abandoned?

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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by saagarjha on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:05PM (#18436825)
Looks like it was abandoned. One of the last commits was “Disable the JIT on iOS because it’s busted”.
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