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Firefox 4 beta 10 is out ! PPA Ubuntu

Written by Mel Kham on January 26, 2011. Posted in Software

firefox_icon Mozilla released Firefox 4 Beta 10. According to a post in Mozilla.dev.planing google Group, Firefox Beta11 is expected before the end of this month (Probably the 31^th of this month), while the final release will come before the end of February.

“Firefox 4 Beta contains huge performance enhancements, including our brand new JägerMonkey JavaScript engine. From faster start up times and graphics rendering to improved page load speed, you’ll notice the difference instantly.” Find more in Mozilla website

What’s New in this Firefox 4 Beta10

Compatibilty and stability improvements when using Adobe Flash on Mac OS X
Improvements in memory usage
Support for a graphics driver blacklist to improve stability
See the complete changelist from the previous beta

Installation in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat :

Open terminal and enter the following commands:


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox-4.0

Usefull Links: Firefox, H-Online

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

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Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

http://enteryoursiteURL... Powerfeniks

Sorry but from thys repo you can only install Minefield4.0b10pre & Namaroka3.15pre no proper firefox4.0b10
Essomon

Something is a bit wonky with the PPA, I haven’t gotten a new daily for FF4 in a week now???? Anyone know what’s up?
Anonymous

this installs 3.6 and minefield 12
http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/277/mozilla-firefox-4-0-reviewed-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly Anish

thanks for the news.I tried firefox4 which was launched recently and found it faster with good features.

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