Firefox is a popular web browser
Announced the launch of the new version of firefox 115, which is listed as an Extended Support Period (ESR) branch, with updates released throughout the year. Also, a Firefox 102.13.0 update has formed.
In addition to innovations and bug fixes, 24 vulnerabilities in Firefox have been fixed 115 of which 15 vulnerabilities are marked as dangerous. Two more dangerous vulnerabilities are caused by use-after-free memory access in the certificate generation code for WebRTC and the SpiderMonkey engine.
Main new features in Firefox 115
In this new version of Firefox 115 that is presented, we can find that in the compilation for Linux on middle click on Open Tab button in a new tab, the contents of the clipboard will now be opened. If there is a URL on the clipboard, this link will open, and if the text is a request to the search engine. To disable this feature, added the setting browser.tabs.searchclipboardfor.middleclick a about: config.
Another change that is specific to Linux is that the browser on systems with Intel GPUs now have hardware accelerated video decoding enabled.
In private browsing mode, the use of the IndexedDB API is allowed without limiting the size of the occupied memory (this feature could be used as a signal to determine if a site was opened in private browsing mode).
For system users operational no built-in support for the H video codec264, is provided the ability to fall back to using a plugin that loads the open codec OpenH264.
In the plugins panel, some users they may receive a warning that the plugin cannot work with the current site. The warning is related to the implementation of a new protection mechanism that prohibits the use of plugins that are not verified by Mozilla with some sites.
In addition, it is also mentioned that users who disable automatic plugin updates and use a selected color theme with the built-in Colorways plugin that was previously removed, will be automatically switched to the same external theme from addons.mozilla.org.
Of the other changes that stand out:
- Redesigned interface to import data from other browsers.
- The Chrome migration tool has implemented the transfer of saved information about payment methods.
- In the tab dropdown list that is displayed when you click the “V” button in the panel, buttons have been added to quickly close the tab.
- Added support for reversing changes (Undo and Redo) to password input fields.
- Added the CSS property animation-composition, allowing you to use composite operations to apply multiple animations at the same time that affect the same property.
- Web developer tools provide the ability to ignore JavaScript libraries that are of no interest in the debugging process of a web application.
- Added setting "devtools.f12_enabled" to about:config to disable access to dev tools by pressing F12.
- Firefox for Android has added a new search button to the address bar, making it easier to switch between search engines and allowing you to look up information in your bookmarks and browsing history.
- Firefox 115 will be the last version to support Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 and macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14 operating systems.
How to install or update the new version of Firefox on Linux?
Firefox users who have not disabled automatic updates will receive the update automatically. Those who don't want to wait for that to happen can select Menu> Help> About Firefox after the official launch to initiate a manual update of the web browser.
The screen that opens displays the currently installed version of the web browser and runs a check for updates, provided the functionality is enabled.
Another option to update, is yes you are a user of Ubuntu, Linux Mint or some other derivative of Ubuntu, You can install or update to this new version with the help of the browser's PPA.
This can be added to the system by opening a terminal and executing the following command in it:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt install firefox
In the case of Arch Linux users and derivatives, just run in a terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
Or to install with:
sudo pacman -S firefox
Finally, you can get the browser with the latest installation method that was added "Flatpak". To do this, they must have support for this type of package.
Installation is done by typing:
flatpak install flathub org.mozilla.firefox
For all other Linux distributions can download the binary packages from the following link.