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 [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Community repository]], then type in the terminal:
-For the ESR release:
+For the Extended Support Release (ESR) ({{Pkg|firefox-esr}}):
-{{Cmd|apk add firefox-esr}}
+{{Cmd|# apk add firefox-esr}}
+For the current release ({{Pkg|firefox}}):
+{{Cmd|# apk add firefox}}
-For the current release:
+=== Alternatives ===
-{{Cmd|apk add firefox}}
-{{Tip|To play flash-videos and -games in Firefox, check [[Installing_Adobe_flash_player_for_Firefox|Installing Adobe flash player for Firefox]] page.}}
+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 ==
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 == Notifications ==
-For Firefox to use native notifications (e.g.: via a notification daemon) the <code>libnotify</code> package is required.
+For Firefox to use native notifications (e.g.: via a notification daemon) the {{Pkg|libnotify}} package is required.
 == See Also ==
-* [https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/contents?file=firefox pkgs.alpinelinux.org]
-* [https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?id=05e5fbf809000e016eee3fdfdaffb6e39a4956fd&qt=grep&q=firefox git.alpinelinux.org] - git repositories for alpine
+* [https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?qt=grep&q=firefox Git repositories for Alpine Linux]
-* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51806403/installation-of-firefox-from-alpine-edge Installation of Firefox from Alpine Edge]
 [[category: Web Browser]]