Firefox 78 Available for Download with New Minimal Linux System Requirements

Posted by hanuca on Jun 30, 2020 4:57 AM EDT
9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
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The Firefox 78 web browser is now available for download ahead of tomorrow’s official announcement, a release that introduces new minimal system requirements for Linux and the ESR badge.

That’s right, Firefox 78 is an ESR (Extended Support Release), which is perfect for enterprises that want to provide their users with a very stable and well-tested Firefox release. ESR branches are usually supported for 12 months.

It replaces the Firefox 68.0 ESR series. This means that GNU/Linux distributions shipping Firefox ESR, such as Debian GNU/Linux, can now upgrade to the latest 78.0 ESR version to offer their users a newer Firefox release with modern features.

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