Ive downloaded Slackware 14.1 (from CD) on old HP Laptop (c.2012?). My firefox is version 24. Ive downloaded Version 81 but it doesn't update. how do I get Firefox to update to latest version?

You would normally run the following script to build a slackware package: https://gist.github.com/ruario/9672798 and then install the package as normal. I assume that same approach would work on 14.1.

btw) is there a real reason to run 14.1 instead of 14.2?

Well, I was using Mint until an update blew up. So I've had a few Slackware CD packs sitting around and I'd thought I'd use 'em. My latest version was 14.1 but your thinking is I should just go to 14.2?

Version 79.0 is latest one that will work.

I tried the command above but everytime I try to access the internet, I get this error message:" (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)". I must have a flag set somewhere. Anyone know where to look?

Likely your certificate store is out of date. You might be able to update everything with the following command, but you might need the latest ca-certificates pacakge:

Else, you could try and download the script and ignore the certificate checks, but you'll likely run into other issues when actually download updates.

[code]wget --no-check-certificate https://gist.github.com/ruario/9672798/raw/8838b901c411289c7780d68eadeb8f655c9d46c2/latest-firefox.sh

Bill Gates reportedly freaked out when he had the minor revelation that Netscape was a kind of mini operating system that has <shudder!> cross platform! That's why suddenly Internet Explorer CDs appeared on doorknobs and in boxes of Cheerios. I did an experiment to upgrade old Slackware installers to start off with updated gcc and new kernels. It worked great BUT by the time I got to 14.0 browsers became a severe problem. At 13.37 it was all but hopeless. Almost every website I tried would deny access, demanding I update my browser which was simply unmanageable. Yeah, you really should upgrade to 14.2 and hope 15 comes out sooner rather than later.

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Yeah, I'm with you on that after blowing all day Sunday trying to get it to turn. When you can't access the internet it's tough to get resources.

BTW fellas, thanks for taking the time to reply. Much appreciated.