[ubuntu-za] Tip: keeping Mozilla stuff up to date

[Ivo Vegter]

Keeping Firefox/Thunderbird up to date has been a problem on Ubuntu, 
because once a release is available, only security updates are added to 
the main repositories. So Gutsy ships with (and stays with) Firefox 
2.0.0.6, for example, even though 2.0.0.8 is already available.

This is especially annoying when major version increases are available. 
Feisty was stuck with clunky old Thunderbird 1.5, for example, long 
after 2.0 was out.

This script solves that problem:
http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/

It installs easily as a .deb and runs from the command line. I've used 
it on Firefox. Worked smooth as silk. It handles Thunderbird and 
Seamonkey too, and optionally installs update notifiers as cron jobs.

Neat.

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