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Mozilla Announce Smaller, Faster Firefox Downloads For Linux

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 29, 2024,
updated Nov 29, 2024

Quoting: Mozilla Announce Smaller, Faster Firefox Downloads For Linux - OMG! Ubuntu —

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).

Read on

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The original message:

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.

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