Pengwin: How to install firefox
I hoped it would be as easy as sudo apt-get install firefox but it isn't.
Can you help with some hints in the readme?
rdmueller
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WLinux is based on Debian stretch and some selected dev configurations are upgraded to Debian testing.
Debian stretch and testing both include firefox-esr, the extended support release version of Firefox, which you can easily get with $ sudo apt install firefox-esr.
The bleeding edge Firefox is only available in Debian unstable. If you want to install it via Debian repos you will need to add unstable to /etc/apt/sources.list and pin unstable in /etc/preferences.
You could also install from the tar on the Firefox website.
Note while Firefox works well under WSL you are not going to see hardware acceleration you will see on Firefox on Windows.
sirredbeard
on 1 Nov 2018
thanx. this seems to work!
rdmueller
on 2 Nov 2018
Glad. Let us know if you need anything else!
sirredbeard
on 3 Nov 2018
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WLinux is based on Debian stretch and some selected dev configurations are upgraded to Debian testing.
Debian stretch and testing both include firefox-esr, the extended support release version of Firefox, which you can easily get with
$ sudo apt install firefox-esr.The bleeding edge Firefox is only available in Debian unstable. If you want to install it via Debian repos you will need to add unstable to /etc/apt/sources.list and pin unstable in /etc/preferences.
You could also install from the tar on the Firefox website.
Note while Firefox works well under WSL you are not going to see hardware acceleration you will see on Firefox on Windows.