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Mozilla Releases Firefox RPM Package For RPM-Based Systems
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Mozilla is now offering a native RPM package for Firefox on RPM-based Linux distributions, complementing its existing DEB binary for Debian-based systems. The RPM builds provide compiler-based optimizations, hardened security flags, faster access to day-of-release updates, and remove the need for users to create custom .desktop files, simplifying installation and improving performance and security.
Key Points
- 1Provides native RPM package for Firefox, extending previously available DEB binaries to RPM systems
- 2Delivers compiler optimizations and hardened binaries for better performance and security on RPM distributions
- 3Enables faster day-of-release updates and removes need for manual .desktop file creation for users
Scoring Rationale
Official Mozilla packaging improves installability and security, but the change is incremental and limited to RPM-based Linux users.
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