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Firefox 3 Beta 2 in Ubuntu 7.10

Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 released today on all platforms, Windows, Macintosh and Linux, in 25 different languages. But were not quite complete, that he has a number of impressive new features, such as the new Google Desktop Search as the title, and the low minors resources, and better treatment of passwords and download files of type, but more importantly for users Linux, the best support GTK.

GTK (or GTK) is a multi-platform tools to create graphical user interfaces. It is now famous because it is used in the GNOME desktop environment, mainly makes your GNOME desktop similar to what you’re doing. When I was changing themes and lines and colors, you can use the GTK. Most GNOME applications (such as Beijing, and the lame, etc.) as GTK user options, in order to better interact with their physical fitness, for more consistent, can control and improve the system of research. Firefox, but it was always a little off with GTK, and you’ll have noticed a change in color or icons on the desktop, he can not present when you click on Firefox. This has been resolved in Firefox 3, Firefox looks like you have other applications, and if you change your preferences.

The problem is, daring Gibbon Ubuntu 7.10 comes with an unstable version of Firefox 3, in the form of “Firefox - Gran Paradiso” deal, and only 8 who do not have the characteristics and stability for the last few releases. There is a simple way to the level of this group, in which all links, and sound. Make sure you have a group installation (Check themselves, or your Applications> Internet lists) and follow the simple steps:

Head to the Firefox Beta Page and download the option that best suits you.

1. Extract the archive to /tmp
2. Open a terminal
3. Run this, to remove the old files:
4. sudo rm /usr/lib/firefox-3.0 -fr
5. Run this, to move the new files to where they should be:
6. sudo mv /tmp/firefox /usr/lib/firefox-3.0
7. Point the old link to the new files:
8. sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-3.0

Everything should work fine now. If you Gran Paradiso package installed when you started, you’ll still have the old firefox work without any change, and you’ll also have the same relationship to Applications> Internet development version. Keep versions completely separate.

Now, as Ubuntu developers and administrators can not update filing of the beta version of software between the versions, you can do yourself, and this method should work for any release of Firefox. In addition, developers choose to update the repository, you are presented with the option to upgrade to their latest work.

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