Debian is thought to be a very stable GNU/Linux distribution. OK (though I have some crashes in this Vaio from Brazil).
However, in the XXI century and being Linux 30 years old, I think it is outrageous to stay 3 years with a very old Firefox and Libreoffice versions, specially when those have a ESR and a stable versions, respectively!!
Chrome, after installing it, gets its own repo in the sources list and is updated when needed. But that is not the case of those other 2 "must have" packages (Ff and Lo). I think some special repo could bring those stable versions into Debian for updating the OS more frequently, or at least give us a chance to make that possible, somehow. The internet is evolving faster than the browsers and we are experiencing problems with older versions. Also, regarding documents compatibility, Lo should be kept in the latest stable/tested version (for example, now, version 7.1 and not 6.5!).
Thanks!
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Newer stable versions of some aplications
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Re: Newer stable versions of some aplications
Upgrade to Bullseye. Or you can go nuts and use Testing or Unstable.
Stable is just that Stable.
If you want the shiny new versions backport them or build them from source.BTW the newest version of LibreOffice is 7.2,2.
libreoffice:
Installed: 1:7.2.1-4
Candidate: 1:7.2.1-4
Version table:
1:7.2.2~rc1-1 1
1 https://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main arm64 Packages
*** 1:7.2.1-4 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main arm64 Packages
500 https://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd buildd-unstable/main arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
firefox:
Installed: 92.0-2
Candidate: 92.0-2
Version table:
*** 92.0-2 100
1 https://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
88.0.1-1 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main arm64 Package
You can also use flatpak to install Libreoffice and Snap to install a newer Firefox.
firefox 93.0b9-1
Stable is just that Stable.
If you want the shiny new versions backport them or build them from source.BTW the newest version of LibreOffice is 7.2,2.
libreoffice:
Installed: 1:7.2.1-4
Candidate: 1:7.2.1-4
Version table:
1:7.2.2~rc1-1 1
1 https://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main arm64 Packages
*** 1:7.2.1-4 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main arm64 Packages
500 https://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd buildd-unstable/main arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
firefox:
Installed: 92.0-2
Candidate: 92.0-2
Version table:
*** 92.0-2 100
1 https://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
88.0.1-1 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main arm64 Package
You can also use flatpak to install Libreoffice and Snap to install a newer Firefox.
firefox 93.0b9-1
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Re: Newer stable versions of some aplications
Buster did have Firefox-ESR.outrageous to stay 3 years with a very old Firefox and Libreoffice versions, specially when those have a ESR and a stable versions, respectively!!
https://packages.debian.org/buster/firefox-esr
Re: Newer stable versions of some aplications
You can download the latest version of firefox and run it on stable.
I have firefox-esr installed from the repo as my main browser.
Some websites complain that my browser is too old. Therefore I downloaded firefox. No need to install. Just extract it and run it. And it updates itself!!
I have firefox-esr installed from the repo as my main browser.
Some websites complain that my browser is too old. Therefore I downloaded firefox. No need to install. Just extract it and run it. And it updates itself!!
Re: Newer stable versions of some aplications
https://wiki.debian.org/Seamonkey -> You can always try the Ubuntuzilla repository (page has instructions on how to add). If you go this route, my advice is to install their packages via the command line rather than Synaptic. When I removed one of them using Synaptic, it did not remove the menu entry and had to manually remove it with a menu editor. Installing/removing one of their packages via command line, subsequently resulted in a 'clean' removal, including its menu entry.
Or use the Snap packages. Snap packages update automatically when a new version is available.
Or use the Snap packages. Snap packages update automatically when a new version is available.