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R8

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Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 143

Firefox - question about versions

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

Erkan_Yilmaz

Member

Registered: 2014-12-18

Posts: 78

Re: Firefox - question about versions

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

R8

Member

Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 143

Re: Firefox - question about versions

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.