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DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updatesDiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updatesPosted Jul 7, 2012 2:05 UTC (Sat) by Kit (guest, #55925)In reply to: DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates by lkundrak Parent article: DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates
The Firefox ESR page makes it quite clear that the ESR is not intended for 'personal' usage (only for organizations). I also couldn't find any links to the download from the main ESR page (there ARE two forms to sign up for the mailing list, though!).
I'd imagine most people also haven't heard of the ESR, anyways, since it's fairly new, and is a reversal of Firefox's long history of quickly abandoning releases.
As for distribution packages? Not an option for Windows/Mac users. Distros often lag behind upstream's major versions as well.
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DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates Posted Jul 7, 2012 17:34 UTC (Sat) by Flannel (subscriber, #57435) [Link]
> I also couldn't find any links to the download from the main ESR page (there ARE two forms to sign up for the mailing list, though!).
You have to click on the ESR FAQ, and then the last link there is an actual download link (because that's totally intuitive!)
The text surrounding the link to the FAQ /sorta/ hints at it, but it's still really shoddy design.
DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates Posted Jul 7, 2012 18:57 UTC (Sat) by Kaejox (guest, #85586) [Link]
I successfully use ESR version in Debian Squeeze (from backports)
http://wiki.debian.org/Backports Also installed Firefox ESR for some personal/small business Windows desktops that I "maintain", works even in W2000.
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