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* install firefox != 3.0
http://mozilla.com
bunzip2 firefox.tar.bz2
tar xfv firefox.tar
sudo mv firefox /usr/local/
* rerun every at Ubuntu firefox update
cd /usr/bin
sudo mv firefox firefox_bak
sudo ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox .
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jimmiw commented Apr 26, 2010

the reason for saving the "old" firefox executable, is because firefox -p fails using 3.5 (haven't tested it with 3.6 though)
So if using profiles, run:
firefox_bak -p

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