Looking For Info On Updating Firefox & Open Office

[Franz Waldmüller]

hi Nathan,

Nathan Bahn schrieb:
> The latest version of Firefox is 3.6.2 and all Ubuntu has is 3.5; same 
> thing with Open Office -- the latest version is 3.2 but Ubuntu only has 
> 3.1.  Where can I find information on how to install (compile?) the 
> latest programs into the Linux OS? 
[snip]
you know how to use ppas?
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa

how to use ppa (the use of ppa software is not supported by ubuntu and 
may pose a security risk.)
https://launchpad.net/+help/soyuz/ppa-sources-list.html

if you are keen on the latest and greatest you might want to take a look 
at this post:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070108031608/http://soijabanaani.net/tmp/the_trevino_story
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevi55/296804891/

Attention, the mozilla ppa is a daily build ppa. I don't know how stable 
these packages are.

Franz