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Mozilla creates Firefox ppa and .deb package

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Subject Mozilla creates Firefox ppa and .deb package
Date Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:29:05 -0300
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Great news for Linux users, after months of testing, Mozilla released today a new package for Firefox on Linux (specifically on Ubuntu, Debian, and any Debian-based distribution). If you've heard about Linux, which is known for its open-source software and an alternative to traditional operating systems (OS), and are curious to learn more, here are four reasons why you should give our new Firefox on Linux package a try.
↫ Gabriel Bustamente and Johan Lorenzo

It';s a ppa and .deb package straight from Mozilla itself, so you don';t have to to rely on your distribution';s maintainers (as long as you use a Debian-based distribution, that is). Do note, however, that some distributions actually make changes to the default Firefox code, such as Fedora enabling things like Wayland-by-default and hardware-accelerated video decoding long before those became default in Firefox-proper. By using Mozilla';s package, you';ll lose all of these changes.

As a sidenote, Mozilla';s instructions for enabling the ppa and installing the .deb are a bit... Dubious, though.

https://www.osnews.com/story/138436/mozilla-creates-firefox-ppa-and-deb-package/

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Mozilla creates Firefox ppa and .deb package "OSnews" <osnews@bbs.alt119.net> - 2024-01-23 23:29 -0300

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