![]() ![]() Notably, the project forked and continued work on Firefox 56, the last version to support classic add-ons, while back-porting subsequent security fixes. He went on to remove controversial features such as Mozilla’s telemetry, sponsored links, and bundled additions such as Pocket. Lead developer Alex Kontos started it when he was a student as a project to build a 64-bit edition of Firefox long before Mozilla offered such a thing. “ Waterfox targets higher-end PCs and Macs. ![]() This older version, perhaps as a result of getting less of the developer’s attention, has become progressively less useful as browser, because less and less sites work well with it.Īnyone interested that has something to say after trying this new version of “Current”, or knows something about good old “Classic” and its new lease of life, may consider posting here a comment with such information. The “Classic” form of Waterfox, the one old and familiar to many that have used WF and has been rather neglected by its developers in recent times after work began on “Current”, is starting a new life as an Open Source Project and can be obtained from the Waterfox main site. I plan to keep using the previous version, G3, that works well enough for me, while testing this new one before deciding which one to use in the future. If you are curious, source files for unofficial packages are on and places mentioned on readme.The rollout of Waterfox G4, the latest “Current” version of this browser, started a while ago and continues now I finally have received it. In both cases you also need to download language package named waterfox-g3-i18n- if you want other language than default. You can add unofficial apt/PPA repository for Ubuntu (you need to choose version on which is based your Mint version) following with instructions from and then install from it (updates provided with system updates) or download deb package directly from site (manual updates).You can also use script from first point to install AppImage package if you want. ![]() You can download unofficial AppImage package following with instructions from (only manual updates).You can use script from to install official tar.bz2 package from site (official package requires specific depends, so that method doesn't always work for all distros). ![]()
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