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Mozilla released the 57th version of open source browser Firefox "Quantum" for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. The newest update made some platform-specific changes, major visual changes, two times faster than previous versions, added additional language support, enhanced content for developers and made accessibility changes to better accommodate visually and physically impaired users. While these changes will please many users, are they enough to make Firefox a compelling choice for Linux users?

Firefox comes installed on many Linux machines, but past performance issues have led many Linux users to switch default browsers. While Google Chrome is a closed-source browser, it remains competitive with Firefox. Chrome is not as customizable as Firefox, but it's fast and integrates updates better than Firefox. The open-source Firefox is much more customizable and has a huge extensions library that appeals to Linux users. irefox Quantum is roughly 2X faster than Firefox 49 on the Speedometer 2.0 benchmark, thanks to its new CSS engine, its “just right” multi-process architecture, the way it prioritizes your active tab, and much more. Firefox Quantum also includes a visual refresh – Photon – that looks and feels right at home with modern operating systems.

What's new in Firefox 57 Quantum

  • Firefox is getting a major Visual Redesign (Photon project) activated on the Nightly channel and which will ship with Firefox 57 on the release channel.
  • AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support for improved video playback with lower power consumption
  • Accessibility indicator will now appear in the title bar of the window when Accessibility services are enabled
  • The browser's autoscroll feature, as well as scrolling by keyboard input and touch-dragging of scrollbars, now use asynchronous scrolling. These scrolling methods are now similar to other input methods like mousewheel, and provide a smoother scrolling experience
  • Added support for Date/Time input
  • Allow users to manage the site data

Available for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic/17.10 Artful/17.04 Zesty/16.04 Xenial/14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 18/17/other Ubuntu derivatives
To install FireFox Quantum in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

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Last week, Mozilla released the 24th version of open source browser Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. The newest update made some platform-specific changes, added additional language support, enhanced content for developers and made accessibility changes to better accommodate visually and physically impaired users. While these changes will please many users, are they enough to make Firefox a compelling choice for Linux users?

Linux user browser choices

Firefox comes installed on many Linux machines, but past performance issues have led many Linux users to switch default browsers. While Google Chrome is a closed-source browser, it remains competitive with Firefox. Chrome is not as customizable as Firefox, but it's fast and integrates updates better than Firefox. The open-source Firefox is much more customizable and has a huge extensions library that appeals to Linux users, but it can be a bit of a resource hog and updating it requires more work. While it has a smaller following, the fairly customizable Opera appeals to Linux users with slow Internet connections.

Last week, Firefox was released for all Linux Ubuntu versions. Other Linux users can download the new release from Mozilla.


Firefox 24 features

Firefox 24's security updates and protection from malware may lure some Linux users back to Mozilla. Ten critical vulnerabilities are addressed in Firefox 24, including memory management errors that leave the system vulnerable to malicious code. The updated browser also features improved debugging, improved page loading and a "close tabs to the right" feature. Security patches will also improve browser performance to hopefully minimize some of the crashing longtime Firefox users have come to know — crashing that can leave the browser vulnerable to hackers.

The latest version also removed support for certificate revocation lists (CRLs), an outmoded form of authorizing SSLs that are not supported by mobile versions of Firefox or Google Chrome. Additionally, Firefox 24 contains a number of improvements for Thunderbird, the free open source email client from Mozilla.


Implications for security

The latest update spells good news for Firefox users: The security patches limit the installation of malware or malicious code. Prior to these patches, a hacker could install malware on a Linux machine, and the malware could then be triggered by nothing more than normal Firefox browsing. High threats allow hackers to gather sensitive data from websites on a user's computer or to inject code into websites that would then be used to harm others' computers.

Mozilla maintains a Security Advisories for Firefox webpage where users can track different bugs by critical, high, moderate or low severity level. Seventeen different security advisories were fixed in Firefox 24.


Linux system requirements

Mozilla imposes the following system requirements for Linux users. Linux distribution platforms may offer other versions of Firefox 24 that come with different system requirements. At minimum, Linux users need the following core element for Firefox 24 to run:
  • GTK+ 2.18 or higher
  • GLib 2.22 or higher
  • Pango 1.14 or higher
  • X.Org 1.0 or higher
  • libstdc++ 4.3 or higher

For enhanced performance, Mozilla recommends that users also have at least NetworkManager 0.7, DBus 1.0, HAL 0.5.8 and GNOME 2.16 installed.

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Install Latest Firefox 20 in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 14/13/12/9 (New Release)

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Firefox has approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the third most widely used web browser.
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What's new in this Release:
  • Per-window Private Browsing. Learn more.
  • New download experience. Learn more.
  • Ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging
  • Continued performance improvements around common browser tasks (page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.)
  • Continued implementation of draft ECMAScript 6 - clear() and Math.imul
  • New JavaScript Profiler tool
  • getUserMedia implemented for web access to the user's camera and microphone (with user permission)
  • now supports blend modes
  • Various and improvements
  • Details button on Crash Reporter (793972)
  • Unity plugin doesn't display in HiDPI mode (829284)

To install latest Firefox in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Here you can find firefox in other languages.
That's it
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Install Latest Firefox 16 in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/11.04 Natty/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 13/12/11/9 (New Release)

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. As of May 2012, Firefox has approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the third most widely used web browser.

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What's new in this Release:
  • Initial web app support
  • Acholi and Kazakh localizations added
  • Improvements around JavaScript responsiveness through incremental garbage collection
  • New Developer Toolbar with buttons for quick access to tools, error count for the Web Console, and a new command line for quick keyboard access
  • CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients unprefixed in Firefox 16
  • Recently opened files list in Scratchpad implemented
  • Debugger breakpoints do not catch on page reload
  • No longer supporting MD5 as a hash algorithm in digital signatures
  • Opus support by default
  • Reverse animation direction has been implemented
  • Per tab reporting in about:memory
  • User Agent strings for pre-release Firefox versions now show only major version

To install latest Firefox in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Here you can find firefox in other languages.
That's it, Enjoy
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Install Firefox 15 in Ubuntu 12.10/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/11.04 Natty/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 13/12/11/9 (New Release)

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. As of May 2012, Firefox has approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the third most widely used web browser.

firefox

What's new in this Release:
  • Silent, background updates
  • Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
  • WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance
  • Localization in Maithili
  • Optimized memory usage for add-ons
  • Native support for the Opus audio codec added
  • The audio and video elements now support the played attribute
  • The source element now supports the media attribute
  • Focus rings keep growing when repeatedly tabbing through elements

Note: You Don't need add ppa in Ubuntu/Linux mint, because Ubuntu repositories already have latest firefox version. Just enter 2nd and 3rd command.

To install Firefox 15 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Here you can find firefox in other languages.
That's it, Enjoy
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Install Firefox 15 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/11.04 Natty/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 13/12/11/9

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. As of May 2012, Firefox has approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the third most widely used web browser.
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Mozilla Firefox 15 has not yet been released, it is in Beta state at the moment, but it will bring features such as initial native support for PDF files, support for SPDY networking protocol v3, better performance by enchancing WebGL (including compressed textures), better memory usage for add-ons, and much more.

To install Firefox 15 beta on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
That's it
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Install Firefox 14 on Ubuntu 12.10/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/11.04 Natty/Linux Mint (New Release)

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. As of May 2012, Firefox has approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the third most widely used web browser.

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What's new in this Release:
  • Google searches now utilize HTTPS
  • Full screen support for Mac OS X Lion implemented
  • Plugins can now be configured to only load on click (requires an about:config change)
  • The Awesome Bar now auto-completes typed URLs
  • Improved site identity manager, to prevent spoofing of an SSL connection with favicons
  • Pointer Lock API implemented
  • New API to prevent your display from sleeping
  • New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek
  • Various security fixes
  • GIF animation can gets stuck when src and image size are changed
  • OS X: nsCocoaWindow::ConstrainPosition uses wrong screen in multi-display setup
  • CSS :hover regression when an element's class name is set by Javascript

Note: You Don't need add ppa in Ubuntu/Linux mint, because Ubuntu repositories already have latest firefox version. Just enter 2nd and 3rd command.

To install Firefox 14 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Here you can find firefox in other languages.
That's it, Enjoy
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Install Firefox 11 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/11.10 Oneiric/11.04 Natty/Linux Mint

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Changes in this Release:
  • 3d view mode
  • The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
  • Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default
  • Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
  • CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported
  • New element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
  • Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen
  • Added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
  • Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
  • Many bug fixes

firefox 3d view

To install Firefox 11 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Here is the HomePage of Firefox. That's it.
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