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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Some more versions:<br><br>latest-trunk is the normal nightly, too (you can either use one of the links in the previous mail or this: <a href="http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/" target="_blank">http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/</a> ).<br><br>latest-ux is the "User eXperience" fork of nightly. It uses the latest nightly (most of the time) but with an updated interface ("Australis", if you've ever heard of it).<br>UX Nightly: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-ux/<br>There is no good-looking page for this because it could be even more buggy than normal nightly.<br><br>The esr-versions (latest-mozilla-esrXX) on the ftp are extended support releases which are only updated once every year or so with only small updates in between. This version is meant for companies which cannot update every 6 weeks.<br><br>The other versions I don't know either.<br>I recommend you download one of the versions mentioned in the last email (nightly, aurora, beta, final) and only go for ux if you are really interested in the new Australis design.<br><br>Cheers, Vale<br><br><div>> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:48:58 -0500<br>> From: pbl.ltx@gmail.com<br>> To: blchupin@iinet.net.au<br>> Subject: Re: Warning to (?)all Linux users of Firefox<br>> CC: nightly-testers@mozilla.org<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Thu, 7 Nov 2013, Basil Chupin wrote:<br>> <br>> > OK, a start at some clarity about how to solve the problem :-) .<br>> <br>> By all means. Those are the existing channels for firefox:<br>> <br>> Nightly = pre-alpha (now 28.0a1)<br>> Aurora = alpha (now 27.0a2)<br>> Beta = beta (now 26)<br>> release = now 25<br>> <br>> More on each channel:<br>> <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Software_Update#Update_channels_-_Advanced><br>> <br>> More on current status:<br>> <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases><br>> <br>> I see you ended up somewhere on the ftp, in order to download stuff.<br>> That can be an infuriating experience with so many things in there. It<br>> would not be a luxury to have a readme file in there just to say "who's<br>> who"! What the hell is ux, cedar, elm?? I don't have a clue. Here are<br>> some links to lead you to what you shall get:<br>> <br>> Get Nightly (latest): <http://nightly.mozilla.org/><br>> or<br>> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/><br>> <br>> <br>> Get Aurora: <http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/aurora/><br>> or<br>> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/><br>> <br>> <br>> Get Beta: <http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/><br>> or<br>> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-beta/><br>> <br>> <br>> Get Release: <http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/><br>> or<br>> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/25.0/><br>> <br>> <br>> Should you download from the ftp link (which I suggest), you need to get<br>> the correct OS (Linux) and architecture (32 or 64 bit, respectively x86<br>> or x86_64). Get the 64 bit if that's what your OS is on, because I once<br>> tried the 32 bit on a 64 bit Linux, and it would not work (not having<br>> the necessary heap of 32 bit libraries).<br>> <br>> You can get older releases of Nightly here: (so if you want a two weeks<br>> old version, you would go in directory 2013-10-23-03-02-05-mozilla-central/)<br>> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ##About installing:<br>> When I say this, on a Linux platform, I simply mean<br>> download and untar the involved *.tar.bz2 archive, and run the firefox<br>> binary in it to get it running as usual.<br>> <br>> What I mean by "fresh copy" of Nightly is one that you would download<br>> today, and that would be the latest version.<br>> <br>> I suggest you wipe clean that folder ~/firefox, then proceed. You can<br>> have Nightly, Aurora, and etc. on the same system: just dump them in<br>> different folders. Make sure any instance of firefox (whatever version)<br>> is closed before starting any of those.<br>> <br>> <br>> ##Official release version vs. openSUSE package:<br>> What I mean by "official"<br>> is the *.tar.bz2 that you get straight from Mozilla, and not the one<br>> that ships with openSUSE.<br>> <br>> Why am I suggesting to try the one from mozilla? Not that there's something<br>> wrong with the suse one, but they give it a qt/KDE spin, and a few such<br>> adjustments. Therefore, the required dependencies of opensuse's<br>> branding of firefox might diverge a little with those of the "official"<br>> Mozilla. You "install" this like you would do for Nightly: unpack the<br>> archive somewhere, run firefox binary.<br>> <br>> So, if you can have the opensuse firefox working but not the official<br>> release, then there's something wrong (because unlike Nightly, that's<br>> not experimental!).<br>> <br>> ##How to know what you are running right now:<br>> Help > About<br>> <br>> If you are running Nightly, it will say "Nightly". If you are running<br>> the opensuse package, it will say openSUSE somewhere in this dialog. In<br>> my case, it says "Firefox for openSUSE".<br>> <br>> All the best,<br>> <br>> P.B. Lecavalier<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Nightly-testers mailing list<br>> Nightly-testers@mozilla.org<br>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/nightly-testers<br></div> </div></body>
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