Mozilla Announce Smaller, Faster Firefox Downloads For Linux
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Most Linux users get Firefox updates as a regular software update from a distro-maintained repo, e.g., a Firefox Snap on Ubuntu, a Firefox DEB on Linux Mint and Pop!_OS, etc.
But Mozilla say by switching from BZIP2 (tar,bz2) to XZ (tar.xz) Linux users benefit from faster downloads (packages are on average 25% smaller than before) and faster extraction times (decompression times said to be 2x quicker).
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Firefox Nightly: Announcing Faster, Lighter Firefox Downloads for GNU/Linux with .tar.xz Packaging!
We’re excited to announce an improvement for our GNU/Linux users that enhances both performance and compatibility with various GNU/Linux distributions.