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I don't know how significant a factor it is, but on Linux distros where Firefox comes through the package management system, there tends to be a lag in upgrades

I don't know how significant a factor it is, but on Linux distros where Firefox comes through the package management system, there tends to be a lag in upgrades. I'm still running Ubuntu 9.04 at home and I had to break out of apt to get past Firefox 3.0 (I ended up using Ubuntuzilla, which works surprisingly well).

sapphirecat 17y ago
For Ubuntu, quite a bit of software can be found in a PPA on Launchpad; for Firefox it seems to be https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/firefox-stable/ https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/firefox-stable/ I haven't used that one myself, but the Chromium and Mercurial PPAs have worked out quite well for me.