A recent message on the Ubuntu development announce mailing list points out that Firefox 3.6.4 is about to be pushed in Ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty and Karmic (and Lucid - obviously).

Until now, users which didn't use the latest Ubuntu version found it to be a real pain to upgrade to the latest Firefox version.

Not long ago Mozilla changed the release cycle of Firefox, so that major new versions (Firefox 5, 6 and so on) will be released every 2-3 months. Currently, the latest alpha release is Firefox 6 Aurora, while the latest beta development version is Firefox Beta 5, which has made it into the Firefox Next PPA already. Installing this version should be very easy if you follow the next steps.

If you want to install Firefox 3.5 or firefox 3.6 Beta in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy use this procedure

Last month I mentioned that version 1 of Moonlight, the open source port of Microsoft’s Silverlight software, reached both beta status and finally it’s official release (download the Firefox plugin here). Of course I still had one problem. Since I moved from Firefox 3 to Epiphany I couldn’t use the plugin for Firefox.

Today Mozilla released the third beta for the next major Firefox update, version 3.1. Firefox 3.1, which will likely be re-numbered to Firefox 3.5, will have one more beta before the final release this summer.

To install Firefox 3.1 beta 3pre in Ubuntu, first you need to add a new repository. To do so, go to System > Administration > Software Sources, to the Third-Party Software tab and add this repository:

Last night I downloaded the latest beta release from Mozilla, Firefox 3 Beta 1, meaning to just have a look-see so that I could pen a few impressions. Since then, I haven't bothered to load up Firefox 2 because, even though it's a pre-production test version, Firebox 3 Beta 1 is a mighty fine browser.

Firefox 3 developers are taking all the time that they need to accomplish their new Firefox. After the Beta 1 Mozilla has released Firefox 3 beta 2 to get more feedbacks about bugs from its testing community. Bugzilla was a little bit busy lately since the beta 1 thousands of bugs fortunately 900 of them are fixed. Firefox developers are trying to reveal more bugs to make their Firefox 3 better. The Beta 2 features are very promising and the Firefox 3 will definitely beat all competitors.

This tutorial will explain howto install Firefox 3 RC1 in Ubuntu Hardy.