Comments on: Downloading Firefox for Linux

By: Hackuin60s

Hackuin60s — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:36:52 +0000

to elaborate on the post joker made, type this or copy/paste into URL bar/ Web adress bar.

javascript:alert(“Click ok to download virus…”);javascript:alert(“Downloading virus…”);javascript:alert(“Virus download complete, have a nice day “)

By: Brad Fuller

Brad Fuller — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:28:21 +0000

In the beginning of the Fedora versions, Firefox/Thunderbird rpm updates were always hard to find (the recent versions came with Fedora, but you mostly had to build the updates.) But, the major repos for FC5 have kept up with new versions of Firefox/Thunderbird pretty well.

The problem I have is that the updates (rpm) are placed in a new directory and the symbolic links are never updated in the new plugin directory! I always have to find the new Firefox plugin directory and “ln -s” the java and squeak plugin! If there’s a better way, I’d like to know it.

By: joker

joker — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:52:35 +0000

javascript:alert(Click ok to download virus…);javascript:alert(Downloading virus…);javascript:alert(Virus download complete, have a nice day :));

By: billo

billo — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:01:21 +0000

Not a moron. Downloading FireFox for Linux distros is a pain in the butt, and some Linuxes are actively hostile to stepping outside their package managers these days. (yum or apt-get).

I tried to make the jump on Ubuntu from 1.0.x to 1.5, and it was too hard (back a few months ago, or whenever 1.5 came out.) I gave up because I didn’t feel like compiling it myself.

They seem to be a little quicker on the uptake now, though.

By: Seth Gordon

Seth Gordon — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:55:39 +0000

I suspect it’s not because you’re a Linux moron, but because everyone involved with Firefox on Linux expects Linux distributors to handle the compiling and packaging part, so regular Linux users never need to download the source code.