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Firefox 141 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
As mentioned during beta testing, Firefox 141 is a small release that only introduces a couple of new features, one of them being the ability to use less memory on Linux systems and no longer requiring a forced restart after applying an update via a package manager.
Another new feature in Firefox 141 is the ability to use AI to suggest tabs and a name for tab groups. This feature is enabled by default, and users can find it in the General settings under the Tabs section if they want to disable it.
UbuntuHandbook:
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Firefox 141.0 is Available with Less Memory Usage for Linux | UbuntuHandbook
Firefox 141.0, a new monthly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download!
The official release note, as usual, is not ready yet. While the official pre-build packages are out along with the source tarball.
The new release can now automatically collect your tabs into groups. It will also suggest group names based on the tabs you selected, helping you stay focused, save time, and reduce clutter. And everything’s done on your device to respect your privacy.
Though, this is a progressive roll-out feature that may be not ready for you.
Linuxiac:
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Firefox 141 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Almost a month after releasing version 140, Mozilla has launched Firefox 141, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, now available for download.
For Linux users, the browser now uses less memory, which is a win on systems where every megabyte counts. Even better, if your package manager applies an update, you won’t need to force-restart Firefox anymore—it’ll handle the update seamlessly in the background.
Moreover, if you’re browsing in Valencian, Firefox now includes a built-in dictionary for the spellchecker, so you won’t have to add one manually.
On the aesthetics side, Windows 11 users will notice that Firefox’s window controls—minimize, maximize, and close buttons—now use the system’s default font icons instead of custom ones.
OMG Joey:
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Firefox 141 Adds Hey Hi (AI) Tab Grouping, Reduces Memory Use on Linux
Firefox 141 is out, featuring AI-powered tab groups, lower memory usage on Linux, a new unit converter, and expanded PiP support. See what's new.
LWN:
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Firefox 141.0 released
Version 141.0 of the Firefox browser it out. Changes include "
a local AI model
" that can perform tab grouping, unit conversions in the address bar, and a change that many of us will find welcome: "On Linux, Firefox uses less memory and no longer requires a forced restart after an update has been applied by a package manager
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The Register:
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Firefox 141 relieves chronic Linux pain in the neck
Mozilla has delivered the latest version of its web browser, alleviating a long-standing irritation for Linux users… but making its "AI" integration even more pervasive.
Firefox 141 is the latest normal release of the Moz browser, and along with it come point-releases for the last two ESR versions, as well. Last month we reported on Firefox 140. That's now up to Firefox 140.1.0 and it's joined by Firefox 128.13.0 too.
The changes in this release are quite minor, but we think that quite a few Firefox users on Linux will find them welcome. Firefox's four-weekly release schedule means that new versions come along frequently – last month's version 140 was already up to version 140.0.4. This means that most Linux distros make keeping Firefox current a priority. Ubuntu and many of its relatives ship Firefox as a Snap package, and the snapd system daemon installs updates in the background when the system is idle. You may be totally unaware of it, up 'til now you got a message telling you that you had to restart Firefox.
But no longer! Now, even if the program is updated in the background, you can keep using it until you have a moment to close the app and relaunch it.