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Can refer to either the Mozilla project or Mozilla Foundation. They produce a variety of software including Firefox and Thunderbird; thus, questions about a particular Mozilla program (versus the organization itself) should use a more specific tag.

A partial list of some of the more commonly-used pieces of software (and tags you should use for them) that Mozilla makes includes:

More information about Mozilla can be read on Wikipedia.

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error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: No such file or directory

My OS is Ubuntu 14.04. I am trying to download a a 3.6.x firefox version. I've gotten this one. According to the README, all I have to do is unpack, enter the folder and run ./firefox. However, I get the following error when I do…
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How to update Mozilla Firefox web browser on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in a safe, secure, reliable, efficient and easiest way?

I'm using 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my machine. Currently, I'm using Mozilla Firefox 33.0(Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0) I'm not getting update option in menu Hrml->About Firefox but on when I visit few sites a pop-up appears at top…
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Where is the Mozilla Firefox cache located?

I have got Mozilla Firefox installed, and am aware of the issues with nasty things like phishing scripts from images ending up in my browser's cache. And so that I don't have to just empty my cache all the time, I would like to know of its location…
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How to kill a single thread from Terminal in Ubuntu?

I'm new to Ubuntu and new here. I need to know this. How do I kill a single thread from Terminal in Ubuntu? I have mozilla opened and it has 45 threads. I want to kill one of it. I've already search many sources online but to no avail. Can anyone…
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How to make sound work on Mozilla Firefox 52?

I use Lubuntu, which I believe does not use pulse-audio, or uses a container for that, I do not know, but it seems to use alsa well. Since I upgrade to Firefox 52, which does not accept plugins anymore, the sound stopped working, and it shows a tip…
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how to make firefox's picture in picture window always on top?

Having the video on top of other windows is the point of Picture in Picture feature in Firefox and it is the default behavior in windows, but in Ubuntu, Firefox's picture in picture is not on top by default. every time i enable it, i should go to…
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ppa:mozillateam/ppa gone?

I am trying to install firefox in a arm64 Ubuntu 22.04 Docker container from the mozillateam ppa, but it seems not to be available anymore. I also could not find it searching it manually at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas. Is the ppa really…
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Mozilla Firefox hanging on Ubuntu 22.04 when type Ctrl+S by accident

I have a problem Mozilla Firefox hanging on Ubuntu 22.04 when type Ctrl+S by accident. And I have to restart the browser to use it.
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How to Install Firefox from Official Mozilla Repository on Ubuntu 24.04

I am using Ubuntu 24.04 and would like to install Firefox directly from the official Mozilla repository instead of the default Ubuntu Snap/PPA repositories.
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Firefox 71.0 is not working on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

For some reason, Firefox 71.0 is not working on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I updated my Firefox through apt get upgrade to 71.0 version and Firefox does not open anymore. When I try to open the browser, just a crash message appears: I tried to downgrade to…
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Mozilla Firefox doesn't scroll smoothly on Ubuntu

I have problem with Firefox on Ubuntu. When I scroll on facebook or youtube it doesn't scroll smoothly like it used to on Windows. It's hard to explain but main point is when I scroll down/up it doesnt go smoothly and it's obvious.
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How to hide the bar above the tabs in the Mozilla Firefox browser

As you can see, there's a bar above the tabs in the Mozilla Browser which gives redundant information. It happened when I updated some extensions but I don't know how to remove it.
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Thunderbird 60 minimise to tray

Extensions like FireTray no longer work with the Thunderbird version 60+ . How can I run thunderbird version 60+ minimised to tray? I run awesome-wm v4.2.
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Facebook videos not playing on Mozilla (but working on Youtube) - 16.04

Facebook videos stopped playing but on youtube everything is still fine. When I play videos on Facebook I get: "Something Went Wrong, we're having trouble playing this video". I already did: 1) Update sudo apt-get update # Fetches the list…
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Firefox only runs with `sudo`

I have to run sudo firefox to open my Firefox browser. If I try to open it normally it doesn't work. When I do not use sudo, the error message is: Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded, it may be missing or inaccessible. The output of the command…
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