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Multiple ways of installing on linux, same outcome.

Every major update, like today, it SEEMS to do "installing updates" on a restart of the app. Sometimes, it then crashes my whole OS. Sometimes, it's just the next time i restart the OS, the browser ACTUALLY updates, and EVERYTHING is gone. It loads to a brand new firefox. I have tried creating a new profile, but this behavior persists.

Every week or two, I have to re-log into every service. Every time, I have to make damn sure I've got backup on, because apparently, whether the backup setting is ON or OFF is not at all a part of a backed up profile!

How can I get a persistent firefox experience? I just want to get back to the good ol' days.

Need an update for the update. My Mozilla settings say my operating system (Ubuntu 22.04) handles the updates, and it's a deadend. I can only use my browser for one minute before it freezes and a force quit is necessary.

cannot update browser. Currently using Linex Mint, #139, but latest is 150. As stated above, when I try to update, says browser update disabled by organization. Do not understand, I never authorized disabling browser updating.

at present it is 32bit Llnux Firefox ChaletOS. It appears it wants 64bit Linux but every time it only allows me access to 32bit version which tells me is out of date. What is happening?

I installed firefox on ubuntu 24.04 following the guidelines from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux

I followed the direction from the section "Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions", adding the https://packages.mozilla.org/apt repository, prioritizing that over firefox snap from ubunto repors and finally installing firefox.

All good, now I have the latest firefox.

Question: what entry should I add to the "Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins" section of "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades" in order to enable unattended upgrades for the mozilla repo?

Googling this got me different contradictory recommendations that did not get my system to firefox 146 until I manually run the apt update/upgrade.

Thanks!

Tried to update Firefox. Got the message: your updates are being managed by your organization. I'm a home user. No organization. What is the problem? Thank you in advance.