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Firefox 2.0 RC 2 is out. Bon Echo is officially added to the repositories backported, here’s a complete set of instructions -
First, Get this script. (Copy-Paste it into a text file and name the file firefox2.sh.txt”)
Open up the command line (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter the following lines, one at a time -
HOWTO : Install Firefox 2.0 (FINAL) In Ubuntu.
Not to be outdone by the debut of Internet Explorer 7 last week, the Mozilla team has released Firefox 2.0 with a minor makeover, a few new features, and a number of enhancements to existing features. It's not a drastic change from the 1.5 series, but Firefox 2.0 bring enough improvements to make the upgrade worthwhile.
Many of the "new features" were already available as extensions before, but there's a substantial difference between making a feature available as an extension and building it into the browser. While savvy users will seek and find (or even write) extensions to satisfy their every whim, the Mozilla folks are trying to reach a broader audience -- an audience that by and large won't assume that it can get phishing protection, spell checking, or additional tab features by adding more software to their browser.
Review: Firefox 2.0 is a solid improvement.
Online videos (mpeg and some wmv files) were not playing in Firefox under Ubuntu Edgy in my laptop. I checked and I had mplayer for Firefox installed. I also had installed totem for Firefox and VLC media player plugin for Firefox. I found that out when I entered about:plugins in Firefox. I then uninstalled the VLC plugins and then uninstalled the totem plugin from the terminal using the following command:
If mplayer in Firefox under Ubuntu Edgy is not working….
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