14 DAY TRIAL // The recently released Mozilla Firefox 69 web browser is now available for download from the official software repositories of all supported Ubuntu Linux operating systems.
Mozilla officially launched the Firefox 69 web browser earlier this week with several new privacy and security features, such as the enablement of the Enhanced Tracking Protection by default to automatically block cryptominers, fingerprinters, and third-party tracking cookies.
Firefox 69 also introduces a new Block Autoplay feature to automatically block video content from automatically playing, improves support for WebRTC conferencing services, and brings JIT support to ARM64 systems to improve the performance of Mozilla's JavaScript Optimizing JIT compiler.
Moreover, Firefox 69 adds a new "New Tab" page experience for US users focused on Pocket's content, and makes more changes to the way the Adobe Flash Player plugin works by putting users in control to activate Flash on a website. Also, Firefox no longer identifies 32-bit versions of Firefox on 64-bit operating systems.
Available now for Ubuntu 19.04, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
The Ubuntu community is always quick to release new versions of the open-source Firefox web browser, and the Firefox 69.0 release can now be downloaded from the main archives of the Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo), Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating systems.
Ubuntu users can now update their Firefox installations simply by running the Software Update utility or by using a graphical package manager like Ubuntu Software, or via a terminal emulator by running the "sudo apt update && sudo apt install firefox" command.
We recommend all users to update to Firefox 69 as soon as possible as this release also contains numerous security fixes affecting Linux-based operating systems. Some of these vulnerability could allow attackers to disable the sandbox, modify browser settings, or bypass HSTS' protections.