Ubuntu LTS vs. Firefox Stable PPA

[Billie Walsh]

On 11/07/2011 12:23 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When installing Linux desktops for clients (small town halls, public
> libraries, schools), I usually favour enterprise-class desktops, e. g.
> CentOS, Slackware (bug corrections for 10 year old versions, duh!) or -
> lately - Ubuntu LTS.
>
> I'm currently fiddling with a Ubuntu 10.04 desktop, and I wonder if it's
> a good idea to configure the Firefox stable PPA and replace the stock
> Firefox 3.6.23 by the latest Firefox 7.x.
>
> Pros: latest versions seem noticeably faster, eat less RAM, offer better
> compatibility with various add-on modules (that don't work anymore on
> Firefox 3.6.x). Plus, latest versions seem to get more love by the
> Mozilla developers.
>
> Cons: not supported officially by Canonical.
>
> I'd be curious to have your ideas about that. The goal is to have a
> "stealth" desktop that doesn't basically turn into a Tamagotchi. The
> various CentOS 5.x and Slackware 13.x desktops I've installed so far are
> quite successful in that regard. Now I'd like to have the same thing
> with an Ubuntu system.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki Kovacs

I've been running the Firefox PPA with Kubuntu and it seems to be worth 
it, other than the rapid release cycle. Kind of a pain to get an upgrade 
notice every day or so. It has a black icon and says "Nightly Web 
Browser". I have a quad core and four gigs memory but I don't see much 
of an increase in speed over the standard Firefox. It seems to be very 
stable.I haven't experienced any real hiccups with it so far. It runs 
quite well in parallel with the standard Firefox. I'm not real thrilled 
with some of the layout changes in recent versions of Firefox. but they 
can be lived with or modified.

As always, YMMV, but I would say go for it.

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