What freedom You have on Ubuntu? +Firefox

[markinf]

Get ugly non-aliased font rendering, purge, and remove Mozilla PPA.

Or have no support for x64.

[RabbitWho]

Right lets see:


Linux (Ubuntu Specifically):
1. Uninstall old Firefox on Ubuntu.
2. Mozilla Site
3. Download
4. su
5. tar -xvf [filename]tar.gz /usr/lib/firefox
6. ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
7. Create Launchers & Exit root.
8. If you have an older version of Ubuntu, track down dependencies.

Ah ha! Now I see the problem! you don't know what you're doing!

[Techsnap]

I've used Linux for 8 damn years, I do know what I'm doing. Please tell me what I didn't do right?

[HoboElectus]

I've used Linux for 8 damn users, I do know what I'm doing. Please tell me what I didn't do right?

8 users?

Multiple personality disorder?

[Xbehave]

Linux (Ubuntu Specifically):
1. Uninstall old Firefox on Ubuntu.
2. Mozilla Site
3. Download
4. su
5. tar -xvf [filename]tar.gz /usr/lib/firefox
6. ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
7. Create Launchers & Exit root.
8. If you have an older version of Ubuntu, track down dependencies.

Yeah you're right it's easier.

• ubuntu uses sudo not su (so drop 4)
• you can drop 1 (and if you do then you can drop 7,8 )
• If you do uninstall firefox then 8 is trivial as you can run apt-cache depends firefox-3.5 to get the dependencies (the min version on the dependencies is quite low, so i think you would have to be running an unsupported ubuntu version to have any issues)
• you only need to do 6 or 7, you don't need to do both.
• you shouldn't install unmaintained (by apt) software to /usr/lib [nobody will stop you though]
• you have to exit the installer in windows too

. so it's really as i said
1) Mozilla site
2) Download
3) sudo tar -xf [filename] /opt (or just tar -xf to install to home [bad idea but like i said nobody is gonig to stop you])
4) ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox OR create gui launchers to /opt/firefox/firefox

Or have no support for x64.

Windows has no x64 firefox, so your x86_64 would be installed in a similar way to x86_64 for linux (downloading the build and installing it yourself)

[Techsnap]

ubuntu uses sudo not su (so drop 4)

Oh yeah I forgot about Ubuntus ridiculous reliance on sudo.

[Xbehave]

Oh yeah I forgot about Ubuntus ridiculous reliance on sudo.

It's not a reliance it's a design choice, you can remove it if you wish but don't let your lack of knowledge about ubuntu stop you making stuff up about it.

[RabbitWho]

Oh yeah I forgot about Ubuntus ridiculous reliance on sudo.

You're (blatantly) not familiar with Ubuntu you mean.

Troll.

[#11u-max]

Oh yeah I forgot about Ubuntus ridiculous reliance on sudo.

and i forgot about windows rediculous usability

[madnessjack]

I wish people would stop pointlessly arguing. The fact is, Firefox is easy to install on Ubuntu, and you have the freedom to do it.

You just don't know how