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Firefox - question about versions

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• Started 5 years ago by R8
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   R8
   

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   Hello,

   In the package manager, I see 2 versions of Firefox:
   - Firefox 17.0.11esr
   - Firefox official

   Someone can explain me why 2 versions? I installed the Firefox official version (62.0 after update). Why is there a 17.0.11esr version?

   Thanks for your help ;)

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   Erkan_Yilmaz
   

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   ESR, see:

   "Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) is based on an official release of Firefox for desktop for use by organizations who need extended support for mass deployments. Unlike other release channels, ESRs are not updated with new features every six weeks. They are instead supported for more than a year, updating with major security or stability fixes." (1)

   FF 17.0.11 ESR is from 2013 (2).
   So, depending on your needs it "may" be suitable,
   e.g. you need only a browser in your local intranet or so and it may need less resources than the v62
   Remember, slitaz intends to be for low-usage hardware also

   Security-wise I wouldn't use it for internet
   TBH, I have never used v17 myself.

   Erkan YILMAZ
   http://people.slitaz.org/~eyilmaz/blog/

   (1) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Firefox_ESR
   (2) https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Old/2013

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   R8
   

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   Hello,

   Thank you for this complete answer.

   I use SliTaz on an old laptop (Asus Eee PC 900), so I am very happy to have light packages and softwares.

   Posted 5 years ago #

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