The team used to build Firefox using Ubuntu's packaging, but will package the Mozilla provided version of Firefox instead.įor Mozilla, it is mentioned that the organization wants Firefox to work identical across all supported platforms.
Firefox won't include code changes or patches from Linux Mint, Debian or Ubuntu anymore.įor Linux Mint, the change means the freeing up of development and maintenance resources. Mozilla default configuration switches are used by Firefox. Default search engines of Firefox are restored, Linux Mint search partners are no longer included (unless they match the default list of search engines in Firefox). The default start page will no longer be. The team mentions the following changes in particular: Linux Mint shipped Firefox with a custom set of settings and configurations in the past, and most of these will be dropped to go back to the defaults. Some things will change for Linux Mint users who use Firefox as a browser on the system. According to the information published there, the partnership is commercial and technical in nature. 
The Linux Mint team announced the partnership on the official blog.
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