{"id":43313,"date":"2022-11-13T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T13:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43313"},"modified":"2022-11-13T13:16:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T13:16:02","slug":"firefox-107-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/11\/firefox-107-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Firefox 107 Available to Install via Ubuntu PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34790\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/firefox-icon-feature.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new monthly release of Firefox web browser to be released soon! Users of Mozilla team PPA should already received the updates.<\/p>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s not officially announced at the moment of writing, user can however check what&#8217;s new in the release via the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mozilla\/release-notes\/tree\/master\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Github Releases<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>And, here are the changes in Firefox 107 according to it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved the performance of the instance when Microsoft&#8217;s IME and Defender retrieve the URL of a focused document in Windows 11 version 22H2.<\/li>\n<li>Power profiling <em>visualizing performance data recorded from web browsers<\/em> is now also supported on Linux and Mac with Intel CPUs, in addition to Windows 11 and Apple Silicon.<\/li>\n<li>A couple of helpful improvements in Firefox DevTools making it easier to debug WebExtensions:\n<ul>\n<li>New <code>webext<\/code> argument to automatically open DevTools.<\/li>\n<li>Simple to inspect popup windows (implemented by WebExtension) using DevTools.<\/li>\n<li>Reload button in the DevTools toolbox to see the changes you made in source code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Various bug fixes and new policies implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/firefox107.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43314\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/firefox107-600x376.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/firefox107-600x376.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/firefox107-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/firefox107-768x481.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/firefox107.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Firefox 107 in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p>The best way to install the new Firefox release package is just wait! Wait until Ubuntu developer team build the package and publish into official system repository. <strong>So, just keep your system up-to-date, you&#8217;ll get Firefox 107 in next few days!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For <b>Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10<\/b> users who prefer the classic <code>.deb<\/code> package, the 107 release is already available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mozillateam\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mozillateam PPA<\/a>. Simply open terminal by pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard, and run commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<p><i>NOTE: This PPA now supports all current Ubuntu releases, meaning Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 are also supported.<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. Add the Mozillateam PPA by running command:\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam\/ppa<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>2. Check updates for old Ubuntu releases:\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>3. Finally, install Firefox from the PPA via command:\n<pre>sudo apt install -t \"o=LP-PPA-mozillateam\" firefox<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>IMPORTANT: to avoid Ubuntu 22.04+ to override the PPA package with system built-in Snap package, you have to create a config file under &#8216;\/etc\/apt\/preferences.d&#8217;, and write following rules<\/b> (See <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/install-firefox-deb-ubuntu-22-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this guide<\/a> for details):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p># Prefer Firefox package from Mozillateam PPA<\/p>\n<p>Package: firefox*<br \/>\nPin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam<br \/>\nPin-Priority: 501<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new monthly release of Firefox web browser to be released soon! Users of Mozilla team PPA should already received the updates. Though it&#8217;s not officially announced at the moment of writing, user can however check what&#8217;s new in the release via the Github Releases page. 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