Re: Firefox under Squeeze

[Klaus Jantzen <k.d.jantzen@t-online.de>]

Bob Proulx wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
>   
> > Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> >     
> > > Or is 'Iceweasel  esr' that is recommended for  installation
> > > equivalent to Firefox 18?
> > >       
>
> Oh, I just realized that you don't know about the ESR version and that
> I should have explained it too.
>
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Firefox#Extended_Support_Release
>
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
>
> You are probably wanting the "release" version (currently 18 today) to
> keep up with the cool kids.  Then you have the largest version number
> and it changes most often.
>   

I succeeded in installing the release version of iceweasel following the 
instructions on
http://mozilla.debian.net.
The version is 10....; is that equivalent to firefox version 18....?

> Although the "esr" version is just fine too.  It is more stable
> doesn't have as large of a number as the release version and it
> doesn't change as often.
>
> :-)
>
> Bob
>   
After that I tried to install the esr-version of thunderbird (there does 
not seem to be
a release version). That did not work as apt-get could not find the package.

Thanks a lot for your help.

--
KDJ