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Firefox ESR 60 Is Now Available on Ubuntu as a Snap, Here's How to Install It

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Every six weeks, a new major Firefox release hits the streets, and it's soon available in the Ubuntu repositories, but thanks to Canonical's Snappy technologies, users now have access to the latest ESR versions of Firefox too, which are mostly intended for the company's enterprise partners who want long-term supported Firefox release.

"The ESR version of Firefox is aimed at corporations who want to have more control over the version of Firefox their employees have installed," said Canonical in a blog post. "Mozilla recommends that users stay on the Rapid Release version if they wish the newest product features offered by Firefox."

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Firefox ESR 60 availability on Ubuntu

  • Firefox ESR 60 availability on Ubuntu

    Mozilla Release Engineering created a special customised packaging of the Ubuntu version of Firefox intended for our enterprise partners of Canonical. This is particularly useful if partners decide they need to apply policies to Firefox for an install base they administer. This Extended Support Release (ESR) is similar in concept to the Ubuntu LTS releases. This nominated version of Firefox, released to a specific cadence, will be given additional maintenance over and above the regular more frequent releases. The ESR release will get support for approximately one year. It will have an overlap period with the next ESR of 12 weeks, which gives users a window to upgrade to the latest ESR and ensures they are always on a supported version. Like Ubuntu LTS releases, Mozilla is selective about what patches/fixes/updates get backported to the ESR version.

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