Thunderbid 8.0 has been released! PPA Uuntu and LinuxMint

By
M. Zinoune

Few days ago, Thunderbid 8.0 was released, the new release comes with many new features and improvements. thunderbird3

 What`s New?

 

  • Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 8 engine
  • Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
  • New Search and Find Shortcuts
  • Improved accessibility of the attachment list
  • Folder switching pane widget removed
  • Numerous platform fixes to stability
  • Fixed several security issues

Installation in Thunderbird 8.0 in Ubuntu and LinuxMint

 

Mozilla Thunderbird 8 also available on PPA, you can install / Upgradeto this latest release via the following PPA  :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install thunderbird

For other Linux distribution, you can download Thunderbird 8.0 from this Link