Firefox
Use Mozilla's PPA on Ubuntu
Nobody likes snap
, and Mozilla maintains the latest stable Firefox in a PPA:
ppa:mozillateam/ppa
Start by removing the snap version that Ubuntu installs:
sudo snap remove firefox
sudo systemctl stop var-snap-firefox-common-host\\x2dhunspell.mount
sudo systemctl disable var-snap-firefox-common-host\\x2dhunspell.mount
sudo apt-get purge firefox
Then add the PPA: and install the mozilla firefox
package:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
Ubuntu will still prefer its package that installs firefox with snap,
so create /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
:
Package: firefox*
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
Pin-Priority: 501
Package: firefox*
Pin: release o=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: -1
And then apt
should prefer the package from Mozilla after you update the cache:
amine ~ $ sudo apt update
amine ~ $ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1~mt1
Version table:
1:1snap1-0ubuntu3 -1
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/main amd64 Packages
116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1~mt1 501
500 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu lunar/main amd64 Packages
Now just install the firefox
package:
sudo apt install firefox
Sources (with more info):
Process manager
Firefox has a process manager now, open:
about:processes
Add-ons
Firefox add-ons that i find useful:
- Dark reader
- uBlock origin
- Certificate pinner
- Auto tab discard
- Privacy redirect