Article: Firefox providing .deb package for Debian and Ubuntu users.

[Sorin Srbu]

On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 19:59 +0000, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm happy with snaps. However, this article might be of interest to some:-
> https://news.itsfoss.com/mozilla-firefox-deb/


Hello,

I used another ppa before this one, but went through the guide for this new
one and changed it yesterday, then found this Firefox install made it much
faster. And I mean _much_ faster!

Saw it first here;
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/4-reasons-to-try-mozillas-new-firefox-linux-package-for-ubuntu-and-debian-derivatives/

Then went to
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions
and did the "Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions".

Firefox was already fast to begin with after having ditched the snap and
using the previous more or less inofficial repo, but now - it flies!

Firefox-snap is comparingly waddling around in a tar pit on my WFH
workstation and at-work laptop.

I'm very, very happy with this progress!



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