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LXer: Using Firefox 1.5 with Ubuntu 5.10–Quick Howto

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2005

“I started using Ubuntu 5.10 as my desktop about a week before
it hit the final release state. At first, I didn’t have any
problems with it and it had a small and fast footprint. Then I
noticed that the version of Firefox released with the Ubuntu
desktop came to a standstill and I couldn’t live with it.

“One of the editors at O’Reilly reported having a similar
problem. So, I decided to see how Opera worked. Turns out I liked
Opera. It didn’t freeze on me and it has a nice feel…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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