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Firefox 95 Enhances Security, Slack, and CPU Usage

Mozilla Firefox 95 is now available to download. The latest stable release of this flagship FOSS browser comes with a couple of interesting feature tweaks, improved online security, and lower CPU usage too. We’ll start with the most obvious chang…

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Safeguard Your Email Address from Spam Using Firefox Relay

You can now protect your email addresses from spammers using Firefox Relay with premium service and unlimited aliases. Read on for everything you need to know.
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Mozilla Plays Matchmaker: Microsoft Store Now Offers Firefox for Windows 10, 11

A dozen years ago, the notion of Microsoft doing anything to make it easier for Windows users to find and install open-source software would’ve been unthinkable. But that was then, and this is now. This week, the impossible happened. The Microsoft Sto…

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Tor Browser 11.0 Comes Based on Firefox ESR 91

Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor Browser 11.0 is the new stable version available to all internet users who seek to avoid easy-to-track web communications, base…

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Firefox Makes Changes to Add-on Policy to Better Protect Users

Changes to Firefox’s add-on policies that were announced on Wednesday, focus on privacy and security and will go into effect on December 1, 2021.
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Firefox 94 Brings Colors and Gains Security

The latest stable version of the Firefox web browser, version 94, is now rolling out. There’s quite a bit going on with a couple of new features, some add-ons updates, and a whole lot of performance fixes and improvements.
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Firefox 94 Is Now Available for Download, Brings EGL on X11

The biggest new feature of the Firefox 94 release is the enablement of the EGL (OpenGL) API for handling graphics context management on X11 for Intel/AMD users using recent Mesa graphics stacks. This feature replaces the old GLX implementation and promises to offer a performance boost on Intel/AMD hybrid machines. After upgrading to Firefox 94, […]

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Firefox 94 Released with Major Performance Improvements

Firefox 94 is rolling out to Ubuntu users. The latest version carries a considerable set of changes aimed at improving the browser’s performance on Linux.
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Manual Installation of GNOME Extension from ZIP File [Easy Steps]

You can not install GNOME Extensions via Snap Firefox in Ubuntu 21.10. This tutorial explains the steps for manual installation of GNOME Extension from its ZIP files in Ubuntu, Fedora and other related distributions.
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Feren OS 2021.10 Available to Download

Feren OS is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Featuring the KDE Plasma desktop, the project’s latest snapshot is Feren OS 2021.10 which includes a new lock screen, new splash screen, and a customized Firefox experience.
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Free Software Foundation Introduces JShelter Browser Add-on

The Free Software Foundation has unveiled the project JShelter, which develops a browser add-on to protect against threats posed by JavaScript on websites, including hidden identification, movement tracking, and user data collection. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The add-on is prepared for Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Brave, Microsoft Edge, and other […]

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Firefox 93 Is Now Available for Download, Finally Enables AVIF Support by Default

Finally, after numerous delays, support for the next-generation AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) image format, which is based on the modern and royalty free AV1 video codec, is now enabled by default. It was supposed to land in Firefox 86 first, but it’s finally here in the Firefox 93 release. AVIF support in Firefox was […]

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Firefox 93 Released with AVIF Support, Insecure Download Protection

Firefox 93 adds support for AVIF image files, makes PDF form filling more robust, and protects against insecure downloads. More details? Find ’em inside.
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Firefox Suggest is a New Search Feature of Mozilla’s Web Browser

Firefox Suggest displays suggestions when users type in the Firefox address bar. The feature looks like search suggestions at first glance, a feature Firefox supported for a long time. However, suggestions from Firefox Suggest are not offered by the se…

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Ubuntu to Make Firefox Snap Default in 21.10

Ubuntu plans to make the Firefox Snap the default version for new installations of Ubuntu 21.10. A feature freeze exception (FFE) has been opened by Canonical’s Olivier Tilloy that seeks to replace the Firefox .deb package in the Ubuntu ‘se…

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 12th, 2021

This has been a great week, starting with the release of the Firefox 92 web browser and continuing with the latest HPLIP printer and scanner drivers with support for Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma” and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 operating systems, as well as a major Steam Client update for Linux gamers. The KDE Project […]

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The 4 Best Linux Browsers I’ve Used in 2021

Do web browsers make a computer more useful or does a computer make a web browser more useful? In modern-day computing, web browsers have essentially become an all-in-one tool. Google’s Chrome OS is legitimate proof of this statement. We are now able to run word processors, excel sheets, have video meetings, and more, directly from […]

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Firefox 93 Enters Public Beta Testing with AVIF Support Enabled by Default

Here we go again. Firefox’s (probably) most delayed feature, the enablement of support for the AVIF image format by default, is now planned for the next major release of the popular, open-source, free, and cross-platform web browser used by millions of users worldwide on both desktop and mobile platforms. Yes, I’m talking about Firefox 93, […]

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Firefox 92 Released with Only Minor Changes

Mozilla Firefox 92 is now available to download. The latest release of the popular open-source web browser is a modest one, containing only minor changes. Among the improvements the resurgent web browser gains are more secure HTTPS connections and full…

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Mozilla Firefox 92 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

The new features and improvements implemented in the Firefox 92 web browser include the ability to automatically perform HTTPS upgrades when HTTPS RR is available (using HTTPS RR as Alt-Svc headers), updated bookmark toolbar menus to follow Firefox’s visual styles, and redesigned certificate error pages for a better user experience. In addition, this release promised […]

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