Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu

Jason Thibeault,

FYI, in case you weren’t aware, Firefox 3.5 is available on Ubuntu in the repositories as firefox-3.5, so grab it in Synaptic (or Alt-F2, then type “sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5” without quotes). It installs concurrently to your 3.0 installation, and automatically makes a copy of your existing profile, so you won’t lose anything.

Must remember to also update my work computers… sigh. At least I have a method of creating MSIs out of the Firefox installs relatively easily. I hope the IETab extension isn’t broken though, that could put a kink in my upgrade path.

Oh, and it’s out for Windows too, though to get it you’ll have to go to their site, click on the Download link, click Save, then go doubleclick on it, and next your way through the wizard. I’m also unsure if it installs concurrently, and in fact suspect it probably doesn’t. Who says Windows is easier, again?

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Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu

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