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I've been using the beta channel since FF6 (maybe) and, as you said, it's been quite reliable. It's fun because you feel like you're somehow an insider and priv

I've been using the beta channel since FF6 (maybe) and, as you said, it's been quite reliable. It's fun because you feel like you're somehow an insider and privileged because you get features (that no one but you would care about!) earlier than everyone else. Yes, these are quite silly feelings, but what the heck.

corin_ 14y ago
Sounds like you might enjoy the Nightly channel, in my experience it's been pretty stable.
- zanny 14y ago
  Aurora is a good compromise. I was on nightly for a few months, and I had one or two times where something would break. Usually it was just a GUI element getting misaligned from some change. The worst was when it broke web video for a day. I wish there was a reliable Aurora channel on Arch. The pkgbuild system isn't well suited to keeping up to date with a moving filename target like Firefox.
  - zobzu 14y ago
    I agree, nightly does break badly from time to time. Beta or aurora are better bets.
  - ck2 14y ago
    I've switched to Aurora for the past month and it's noticeably faster than FF18b on my older hardware.
  - zalew 14y ago
    I've used Aurora for some time, extensions often get borked or don't work, so I went back to Beta. btw one tip for people who switch to beta/aurora - disable extensions compatibility check.
  - km3k 14y ago
    There's an Arch developer named heftig who maintains a custom repository with Aurora. I've been using it successfully the last few months. I think aurora is updated daily, but I haven't watched it closely. Info: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157 Repo 32-bit: http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/i686 http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/i686 Repo 64-bit: http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/x86_64 http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/x86_64
    - rammark 14y ago
      Another option is to download the latest build [1] and use the built-in updater. [1] https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/tinderbox-builds/mozilla-aurora-linux64/ https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/tinderbox-bu...

corin_ 14y ago

Sounds like you might enjoy the Nightly channel, in my experience it's been pretty stable.

zanny 14y ago
Aurora is a good compromise. I was on nightly for a few months, and I had one or two times where something would break. Usually it was just a GUI element getting misaligned from some change. The worst was when it broke web video for a day. I wish there was a reliable Aurora channel on Arch. The pkgbuild system isn't well suited to keeping up to date with a moving filename target like Firefox.
- zobzu 14y ago
  I agree, nightly does break badly from time to time. Beta or aurora are better bets.
- ck2 14y ago
  I've switched to Aurora for the past month and it's noticeably faster than FF18b on my older hardware.
- zalew 14y ago
  I've used Aurora for some time, extensions often get borked or don't work, so I went back to Beta. btw one tip for people who switch to beta/aurora - disable extensions compatibility check.
- km3k 14y ago
  There's an Arch developer named heftig who maintains a custom repository with Aurora. I've been using it successfully the last few months. I think aurora is updated daily, but I haven't watched it closely. Info: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157 Repo 32-bit: http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/i686 http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/i686 Repo 64-bit: http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/x86_64 http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/x86_64
  - rammark 14y ago
    Another option is to download the latest build [1] and use the built-in updater. [1] https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/tinderbox-builds/mozilla-aurora-linux64/ https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/tinderbox-bu...