Firefox 92 has already been released and arrives with HTTPS forwarding, WebRender for everyone and more

The new version of Firefox 92 has already been released along with upgrading to long-term support versions 78.14.0 and 91.1.0.

In this new version of the browser we can find various changes and of the most notable the ability to automatically forward to HTTPS using DNS record "HTTPS" as an analog of the HTTP Alt-Svc header, which allows the server to define an alternative way to access the site.

When sending DNS queries, in addition to the "A" and "AAAA" records to determine IP addresses, the DNS record "HTTPS" is now also requested, through which additional connection configuration parameters are transmitted.

Another novelty of this new version is that WebRender is on by default for all users (Linux, Windows, macOS and Android without exceptions), with which the launch of Firefox 93, the support for the options to disable WebRender will be discontinued and this engine will be mandatory.

Also the layout of pages with information about errors in certificates has been redesigned and support for correct video playback in the full color range (Full RGB) has been implemented.

Also in Firefox 92 the best practices related to the JavaScript memory management restructuring to improve performance and reduce memory consumption.

In the version for macOS enabled image support with ICC v4 color profiles, added an item to the File menu to invoke the macOS Share feature, the tabbed panel layout is similar to the general style of Firefox.

Fixed issue with performance degradation on tabs that are processed in the same process as a tab with an open alert dialog.

In addition to innovations and bug fixes, 8 vulnerabilities have been fixed in Firefox 92, 6 of which are marked as dangerous, 5 of them are caused by memory problems, such as buffer overflows and access to already freed memory areas.

These problems could potentially lead to code execution attacker when opening specially crafted pages. Another dangerous vulnerability, CVE-2021-29993, allows the Android version to replace interface elements by manipulating the "intent: //" protocol.

Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it of this new version, you can check the details in the following link

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 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/92.0/snap/firefox-92.0.snap

And to install the package we just type:

sudo snap install firefox-92.0.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.


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  1.   Gabriel said

    At least in manjaro I no longer use the repository version because they are (both firefox and thunderbird) outdated, so the easiest way to test it is by downloading the firefox file from the official page (file with extension tar.bz2) and unzip it in any folder and run it directly from there, now you will have a firefox that is updated directly from the official page