Recently the launch of the new version was announced from the popular web browser "Firefox 75" which comes with various changes and improvements, in addition to that along with this new version, the release of the mobile version of Firefox 68.7 for the Android platform was also announced. In addition, a version update with a long support period of 68.7.0 has been generated.
In addition to innovations, Firefox 75 fixed a number of vulnerabilities, of which several were marked critical, that is, it can lead to the execution of malicious code when opening specially designed pages. Information with details on fixed security issues is currently not available, a list of vulnerabilities is expected to be released in a few hours.
What's new in Firefox 75?
In this new version stands out for Linux the formation of official packages in the Flatpak format, With which from this version and later this format will be offered as an additional installation medium.
Another change that stands out in Firefox 75 es the design of the address bar that has been updated. When you click in the address bar, now without having to start typing, a drop-down list of the most used links is immediately displayed.
Furthermore, the search result suggestion is optimized for better performance on small screens. In the field of contextual recommendations, suggestions are displayed to solve the typical problems that arise when working with a browser.
For Linux, the behavior to click in the address bar (done on Windows and macOS) changes: a single click selects all the content without putting it on the clipboard, a double click selects a word, a triple click selects all the content and places it on the clipboard.
On the other hand too full support for WebGL is highlighted in environments using the Wayland protocol. So far, the WebGL performance level in Firefox Linux builds has left a lot to be desired due to a lack of support for hardware acceleration, due to issues with the gfx drivers for X11 and the use of different standards.
With Wayland, the situation has changed thanks to the advent of a new backend that uses the mechanism DMABUF. In addition to the hardware-accelerated WebGL also backend allowed to implement support for H.264 video decoding acceleration using the VA-API (Video Acceleration API) and FFmpegDataDecoder.
Finally another change that stands out is the ability to install and open sites in the form of applications, allowing you to organize your work with the site as with a normal desktop program.
Si you want to know more about it about all the changes that are included in this new version of the browser, you can consult them In the following link.
How to install or update the new version of Firefox 75 on Linux?
For those who are interested in being able to install this new version or update to it, they should follow the instructions that we share below.
If 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
Done this now they just have to install with:
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 for those who prefer to use Snap packages, They will be able to install the new version as soon as it is released in the Snap repositories.
But they can get the package directly from Mozilla's FTP. With the help of a terminal by typing the following command:
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/75.0/snap/firefox-75.0.snap
And to install the package we just type:
sudo snap install firefox-75.0.snap
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.
"Finally another change that stands out is the ability to install and open sites in the form of applications, which allows you to organize your work with the site as with a normal desktop program."
As much as I look in the link that they put later, I can't find where it says that. Not even in the browser itself I find how to do it.
I hate this article because it says that we can "the ability to install and open sites in the form of applications" and it is totally a lie unless you try it with some example.
I was looking on the web and there is no about it, even on the official firefox web.
This feature had already been announced for several weeks within the trial versions of Firefox (Nightly). But hey, the basic information about it is here "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617679" from there it is a matter of searching.
Now to do this, the option "browser.ssb.enabled = true" must be enabled, after which the legend "Install website as application" will appear in the contextual menu that opens when you click on the 3 dots in the address bar.
Regards!