Mozilla’s New Repo Brings Firefox Nightly Deb Builds to Ubuntu

Mozilla has announced a new apt repository to make it easier for users to install Firefox Nightly builds on Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distributions. The Deb packages in the new repository are said to offer ‘multiple benefits’ compared to Snap and Flatpak builds. First, the Deb packages are compiled with optimisation to improve performance. Second, the binary is “hardened” with all security flags enabled. Third, updates are delivered directly from source, which is faster than waiting for them to be packaged via other channels. For those unaware, Firefox Nightly builds are intended primarily for developers as they contain bleeding edge
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