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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 {{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 ==
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 == See Also ==
-* [https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?id=05e5fbf809000e016eee3fdfdaffb6e39a4956fd&qt=grep&q=firefox Git repositories for Alpine Linux]
+* [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]]