Firefox: Difference between revisions

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Firefox is a popular, open-source web browser.

Installation

To install Firefox, firstly enable the Community repository, then type in the terminal:

For the Extended Support Release (ESR) (firefox-esr):

# apk add firefox-esr

For the current release (firefox):

# apk add firefox

Alternatives

The Alpine packages does not disable most telemetry and similar tracking shipped by upstream. Consider using librewolf, a privacy-centric fork which disables Mozilla's first-party spyware and analytics:

# apk add librewolf

Stability

If tabs crash, then try disabling hardware acceleration, in the Preferences - Performance menu.

Notifications

For Firefox to use native notifications (e.g.: via a notification daemon) the libnotify package is required.

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-Firefox is a popular,open-source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser].
+Firefox is a popular, open-source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser].
-==Installation==
+== Installation ==
-To install Firefox, firstly enable the [[Enable_Community_Repository|Community repository]], then type in the terminal:
-{{Cmd|apk add firefox-esr}}
+To install Firefox, firstly enable the [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Community repository]], then type in the terminal:
-{{Tip|To play flash videos and games in Firefox, check [[Installing_Adobe_flash_player_for_Firefox|Installing Adobe flash player for Firefox]] page.}}
+For the Extended Support Release (ESR) ({{Pkg|firefox-esr}}):
+{{Cmd|# apk add firefox-esr}}
+For the current release ({{Pkg|firefox}}):
+{{Cmd|# apk add firefox}}
+=== Alternatives ===
+The Alpine packages does not disable most telemetry and similar tracking shipped by upstream. Consider using {{Pkg|librewolf}}, a privacy-centric fork which disables Mozilla's first-party spyware and analytics:
+{{Cmd|# apk add librewolf}}
 == Stability ==
 If [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1175046 tabs crash], then try disabling hardware acceleration, in the Preferences - Performance menu.
+== Notifications ==
+For Firefox to use native notifications (e.g.: via a notification daemon) the {{Pkg|libnotify}} package is required.
+== See Also ==
+* [https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?qt=grep&q=firefox Git repositories for Alpine Linux]
+[[category: Web Browser]]