LXer: Firefox 5 release: new speed, same illness

LXer · 06-11-2011, 09:20 AM

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You maybe surprised, but Firefox 5 has been rolled out to Kubuntu! Even official site still offers Firefox 4.0.1!

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H_TeXMeX_H · 06-11-2011, 09:32 AM

What ? But they just release 4 ... ?

Jeebizz · 06-11-2011, 09:56 AM

Sounds like an arbitrary version change, just like Linux 3.0.

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-11-2011, 10:39 AM

I blame Linus T. Look at the mess he has made

craigevil · 06-11-2011, 01:39 PM

Firefox 5 is a beta, but so is *buntu so they go well together.

$ apt-cache policy iceweasel
iceweasel:
Installed: 5.0~b3-1
Candidate: 5.0~b3-1
Version table:
*** 5.0~b3-1 0
500 http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental/iceweasel-5.0 i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4.0.1-2 0
1 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages
3.5.19-2 0
500 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages