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Firefox 4.0 (stable) available for download on Mozilla's FTP

65 points by SaltwaterC 16y ago

cfinke 16y ago
Every single time a new Firefox version is about to come out, someone jumps the gun and writes a blog post like this, linking directly to a single Mozilla FTP server. Usually, they're actually linking to a release candidate anyway, but as a matter of practice, you should use the links that Mozilla provides on the Firefox download page in order to take advantage of their system of mirrors (e.g., http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.15&os=osx&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo...).
- patrickaljord 16y ago
  In this case if you're running the RC, you're already running 4.0.
- SaltwaterC 16y ago
  These actually work: OSX: http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0&os=osx&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... Win: http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0&os=win&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... Linux: http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0&os=linux&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... However, they're the same as RC2 (sha1sum confirms). Not uncommon though for Mozilla to release a RC as stable version without any modifications besides the version bump.
  - whacker 16y ago
    If the version was bumped, the sha1sum ought to be different no?
    - SaltwaterC 16y ago
      I was talking about an older major release (3.0 and 3.0 RC2 were identical IIRC). Even 4.0 RC1 had Firefox/4.0 into the user agent string as well as into the About panel.
    - cfinke 16y ago
      Once it hits RC stage, version bumps are in the filename only.
cmer 16y ago
Time savers: Mac (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/mac/en-US/Firefox%204.0.dmg Win32 (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%204.0.exe Linux x86_64 (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-4.0.tar.bz2 Linux i686 (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-4.0.tar.bz2
sigzero 16y ago
You should really wait until this hits their front page. The FF front page still has 3.6.15 as the latest.
- invisible 16y ago
  I don't understand why we should wait. Why?
  - DEinspanjer 16y ago
    I think he was directing that statement more at the article poster saying that it is generally better to wait for a company to get everything in order and ready for an official release than to try to scoop it and post links to unrelated blogs that have further links to unofficial mirrors. If you want to get a copy of Firefox 4 before tomorrow morning, I applaud and welcome you. You can download the RC2 which others have mentioned is identical to the final release, or you can use one of the links above to the mozilla website.
mbrubeck 16y ago
Hi, I work for Mozilla. Firefox 4 will be released tomorrow, March 22 (Tuesday). But you don't need to wait to download it - if you are running Firefox 4.0rc2, then you are running the exact bits that we plan to ship as 4.0 final. Download the RC from http://firefox.com/rc http://firefox.com/rc
- DisposaBoy 16y ago
  I hope you're mistaken about it being the same because RC2 is still buggy.
- omellet 16y ago
  It seems like a waste of bandwidth for it to have downloaded a 12MB (roughly) update just to change the version info. Are there any plans to implement a Chrome-like binary diffing update system, now that Mozilla is moving to more frequent releases?
  - cfinke 16y ago
    Mozilla does have an incremental update system called MAR (Mozilla ARchive): https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:MAR https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:MAR
  - mbrubeck 16y ago
    If you are running RC2, you won't need to download any update, because there is no version info to change. All the version numbers in the release candidates just say "4.0". Mozilla already uses binary diffs for updates, and we already release security and stability updates about once a month.
    - blinkingled 16y ago
      Thanks for pointing that out - I was wondering about why I was seeing 4.0 since yesterday when it updated itself.

65 points by SaltwaterC 16y ago

Every single time a new Firefox version is about to come out, someone jumps the gun and writes a blog post like this, linking directly to a single Mozilla FTP server. Usually, they're actually linking to a release candidate anyway, but as a matter of practice, you should use the links that Mozilla provides on the Firefox download page in order to take advantage of their system of mirrors (e.g., http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.15&os=osx&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo...).

patrickaljord 16y ago
In this case if you're running the RC, you're already running 4.0.
SaltwaterC 16y ago
These actually work: OSX: http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0&os=osx&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... Win: http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0&os=win&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... Linux: http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0&os=linux&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... However, they're the same as RC2 (sha1sum confirms). Not uncommon though for Mozilla to release a RC as stable version without any modifications besides the version bump.
- whacker 16y ago
  If the version was bumped, the sha1sum ought to be different no?
  - SaltwaterC 16y ago
    I was talking about an older major release (3.0 and 3.0 RC2 were identical IIRC). Even 4.0 RC1 had Firefox/4.0 into the user agent string as well as into the About panel.
  - cfinke 16y ago
    Once it hits RC stage, version bumps are in the filename only.

cmer 16y ago

Time savers: Mac (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/mac/en-US/Firefox%204.0.dmg Win32 (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%204.0.exe Linux x86_64 (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-4.0.tar.bz2 Linux i686 (en-US): ftp://mozilla.fastbull.org//mozilla/firefox/releases/4.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-4.0.tar.bz2

sigzero 16y ago

You should really wait until this hits their front page. The FF front page still has 3.6.15 as the latest.

invisible 16y ago
I don't understand why we should wait. Why?
- DEinspanjer 16y ago
  I think he was directing that statement more at the article poster saying that it is generally better to wait for a company to get everything in order and ready for an official release than to try to scoop it and post links to unrelated blogs that have further links to unofficial mirrors. If you want to get a copy of Firefox 4 before tomorrow morning, I applaud and welcome you. You can download the RC2 which others have mentioned is identical to the final release, or you can use one of the links above to the mozilla website.

mbrubeck 16y ago

Hi, I work for Mozilla. Firefox 4 will be released tomorrow, March 22 (Tuesday). But you don't need to wait to download it - if you are running Firefox 4.0rc2, then you are running the exact bits that we plan to ship as 4.0 final. Download the RC from http://firefox.com/rc http://firefox.com/rc

DisposaBoy 16y ago
I hope you're mistaken about it being the same because RC2 is still buggy.
omellet 16y ago
It seems like a waste of bandwidth for it to have downloaded a 12MB (roughly) update just to change the version info. Are there any plans to implement a Chrome-like binary diffing update system, now that Mozilla is moving to more frequent releases?
- cfinke 16y ago
  Mozilla does have an incremental update system called MAR (Mozilla ARchive): https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:MAR https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:MAR
- mbrubeck 16y ago
  If you are running RC2, you won't need to download any update, because there is no version info to change. All the version numbers in the release candidates just say "4.0". Mozilla already uses binary diffs for updates, and we already release security and stability updates about once a month.
  - blinkingled 16y ago
    Thanks for pointing that out - I was wondering about why I was seeing 4.0 since yesterday when it updated itself.