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== Installing Firefox from mozilla.org ==
For some reason, the mozilla.org build of Firefox is significantly faster. The disadvantage is you will no longer get automatic updates through the repositories (but firefox itself has a built into auto-updater).

These instructions lead you through installing Firefox 1.5 beta 2, but should also work for 1.0.7 or any other version.
 * First, back up your bookmarks and settings - you'll need to remove ~/.mozilla once the new version is installed. The bookmarks file is ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/bookmarks.html
 * Download firefox-1.5b2.tar.gz from mozilla.org
 * Install it to /opt/firefox:
 {{{
 sudo cp firefox-1.5b2.tar.gz /opt/
 cd /opt
 sudo tar xzvf firefox-1.5b2.tar.gz
 sudo rm firefox-1.5b2.tar.gz
 }}}
 * Copy your plugins across:
 {{{
 cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
 sudo cp * /opt/firefox/plugins/
 }}}
 * Rename your old profile:
 {{{
 cd
 mv .mozilla .mozilla.ubuntu
 }}}
 * To ensure it is used as the default version, modify the symbolic link in /usr/bin:
 {{{
 sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
 sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
 }}}
 * Try it out:
 {{{
 firefox
 }}}		 #REFRESH 0 http://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

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