Hey Everyone,

I'm wondering if firefox 49.0 would have any advantage over firefox-esr 45.4.0 .

If it was to be installed would I need to remove firefox-esr 45.4.0 ?

Would a deb package from this link work?

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Thanks

The PoorGuy

use the firefox option in the metapackage-installer. it will also enable a repo for updates from the debian mozilla project.

Hey dolphin_oracle,

Ok thanks.

The more features. The more cpu and ram being used. Just my opinion though.

When it comes to browsers. Unless you have a good horse power machine. Sometimes older is better,

Especially since esr 46 on up is gtk3 reliant and has dropped gtk2 support when compiling firefox from source.

Among the changes to ship in Firefox 46:

GTK3 integration on Linux
Security improvements of the Just In Time (JIT) compiler
Improved decoding of unencrypted H.264 & AAC media
Better WebRTC performance
Responsive web mode dev feature now easier to access

My latest gear is pretty high powered. But I won't be updating my 45 to what ever quick like.
I used to play with debian experimental ice weasel repo. For the heck of it. But no
real performance or bells and whistles kicked in when I did so in my opinion.

Others may disagree. I do a lot a browsing in Dillo also on my P3 IBM T23.
Firefox just pegs the crap out of my 1200 hz cpu on it. Also the same behavior on
my single core atom n270 netbooks. I have plenty of ram on both. But the cpu takes
all the punishment.