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Running the Obama Browser on Linux

Obamna

resources

steps to get it running

  1. download the stuff from the resources at the top
  2. run wine winecfg -v win7 in a new wineprefix
    • this one used WINEPREFIX=~/.obamabrowser wine winecfg -v win7
  3. run the ie9 setup with wine
  4. wine internet explorer should launch
  5. run the obama.exe file

using it

interestingly, this one had to press the arrow button next to the link to get it to load the page. The Obama browser. The mouse pointer is over an arrow next to the URL bar.

things of interest

as it is a wrapper for a web browser from 2008, it obviously will not load misskey or such. however, it can load basic webpages seemingly.

it's also seemingly unable to handle HTTP 308 Permanent Redirect: The Obama browser. The URL bar has the text "http://www.telepath.im" and the page content just says "The page cannot be loaded because of an error" and then "Error code: HTTP 308"

to do in the future

in the future, this one plans on digging up more info about WebLikeMe and the Obama 2008 browser.