Firefox 8 is currently the Aurora channel that gets daily updates.

If you do not want that then it is better to stay on the Release or Beta channel

• http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/channel/

• Firefox 6.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
• Firefox Beta (7.0b6): http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_Firefox#Linux

Hi Cor-el-

Thanks for the reply. I still consider myself an Ubuntu newbie for certain things so please forgive me if I don't know something. 2 additional questions:

1. I would like to get Firefox 8 installed, but I don't know what you mean by Aurora channel. Is that something that I could specify in Ubuntu's Synaptic Pkg Manager?

2. Should I uninstall my FF 3.6 before installing the newer version?

Thanks in advance,

-Bill

You should install the latest official release (currently Firefox 6.0.2) and not a test version offered via the Aurora or the Beta channel.

Those test versions are meant for experienced users to test future Firefox versions and report bugs if found, so they can be fixed before that version is released officially.

• Firefox 6.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
• Firefox 3.6.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Testing_pre-release_versions

Hi Cor-el-

I un-installed FF 3.6 and installed FF 6 without any problems. Ubuntu and Firefox are a blessing.

Thanks for your help.

-Bill