Ubuntu 8.04 mit Firefox 3 != fatal combination !

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

Hi Thilo
Thanks for your explanations !
Just quoting into your reply below:


On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:21 +0200, Thilo Six wrote:
> SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote the following on 14.04.2008 11:53
> 
> > Hello Ubuntu cracks
> > Promoting Ubuntu  I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Beta i386-ALT ! ;-)
> > Installation went smooth and without problems !! ;-))
> > 
> > Later we learnt that installing needed Firefox add-on's abended with
> > error 203 ...
> > ... especially Foxmarks ...
> > ... which means without Foxmark shared bookmarks cannet get to the
> > system and sync'ed . ;-O
> > This gives a very bad impression to the fellow involved !! ;-((
> > 
> > How do I get this done ???
> > 
> > TIA for assistance and hints.
> > Cheers svobi
> 
> This was done upon good rationale.
> 
> 1. Hardy is an *LTS* means all mozilly products will have to be supported for
>    3 years with security updates.
>    The way upstream is making their security updates is difficult to support
>    a complex app like the firefox for that long.

OK, that's really a good argument !


> 2. This decission (see 1.) had to be done ~4 months ago.

OK, accepted.


> 3. I have used ff beta as long as i use hardy and it's all but unstable.
>    (some plugins have not been updated for ff 3.0 though)

Some plugins not updated exactly is / was the weak point:
Foxmark, for me personally too, is quite important since I deal with
different environments and systems ! ;-)
Without my bookmarks my brain is like empty !? ;-D
  

> 4. ff 2.0.0.13 is still available for everybody who wants it and in fact i
>    have them both in parallel here.

How do I setup like this ?
Would like to try to get my wife's 8.04 setup with FF 2.0.0.13 ! ;-)

TIA for your efforts and support, 
cheers svobi