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Software project home page: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

The Opera Web browser offers superior support for HiDPI and touchscreen displays.

Fonts | J.R.E. | Panopticlick | HTML5 compliance | Adobe Flash Player for Linux

Installation

• Install the latest available versions of e2fsprogs and grep
• Install the latest available versions of freetype and pixman
• Install the latest available versions of tar, wget and lzip
• Install the latest available versions of dhcpcd and openssl
• Install the latest available versions of libdbus and libdbus-glib
• Verify, via the command-line interface, that sufficient partition space [package size + expanded package size = total size required] is available for installation:
  df -h


• Download a software package of the binary code distribution:
  wget -vcN [file]


• Install the package:
  tar xfv firefox*.tar.lz && cd firefox*vd && ./AppRun


• Package contains the following extensions (enable them by entering into the Web browser's address bar about:addons):
  • Bluhell Firewall
  • HTTPS Everywhere
  • Privacy Badger

References

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-to-the-file-edit-and-view-menus
https://ssd.eff.org/tech/browsers
"Browser Fingerprinting: 9 Facts", M. Schwartz, 2013
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/notes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/beta/notes/
http://www.t2-project.org/packages/firefox.html
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=0211
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fingerprinting
https://bitbucket.org/adstomper/adblockedge
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

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