Question

2

is Firefox .deb package in ubuntu 22.04 in beta?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 705 / 1 Year ago, thu, september 1, 2022, 3:28:50

i have replaced firefox snap package by .deb one in ubuntu 22.04.
i am using this repository for firefox .deb package: ppa:mozillateam/ppa

two days ago it gets update to version 100. but in windows 11, it is still in version 99.0.1.

i can remember that in past ubuntu was a little behind windows in updating firefox.

So, i am curious about this update, is it beta version?

I checked firefox's about page and it does not mention beta.

Also, Is there any modification on firefox snap verion which is not available in .deb package any more?

Answers

Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

ettorina

Add To Favorites

Follow

Total Points: 439

Total Questions: 99

Total Answers: 131

Location: Vanuatu

Member since Wed, Oct 14, 2020

3 Years ago

ettorina questions

1 If I upgrade my 16.04 to 22.04 Mate, does it affect my git files?

Tue, Mar 14, 23, 03:20, 7 Months ago

1 Where can I download dpkg .deb?

Mon, Mar 14, 22, 06:04, 2 Years ago

1 How to turn a PDF grayscale in Ubuntu?

Sun, Jul 24, 22, 13:31, 1 Year ago

1 Keyboard layout English UK international "with" AltGr for typing Ñ does not exist in Ubuntu 20.04

Sun, Nov 28, 21, 13:31, 2 Years ago

1 Gcompris produce segmentation fault error

Fri, Aug 26, 22, 12:02, 1 Year ago

View All

answered 1 Year ago tionpromoti · Accepted Answer

Ubuntu does not anymore provide Firefox as a .deb package. So there is no answer to the question that you reflected in your title.

You indicated that you added the mozillateam ppa. The description of that PPA has not been updated and reads

Mozilla Team's Firefox 91 ESR and Thunderbird 91 or 78 stable builds

although we know that nowadays, also the regular Firefox is nowadays provided. Currently, indeed, it is at version 100.0, although the download section on the Firefox website still publishes the 99.0.1 version.

Mozilla has a dedicated PPA for beta versions: ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next, where version numbers have a "b" appended. It can be assumed that the version in ppa:mozillateam, which is designed to have builds of stable versions, is at least kind of a Release Candidate quality. That version then indeed is bleeding edge, and it can be expected that 100 will roll out via the website very soon.