Hardy Heron has been available for quite a while now so I'm sure all you foss/*nix fans are aware of this solution, but I'm posting it for good measure anyhow (probably because I'm bored and burnt out on moving/work atm).
Ubuntu 8.10 ships with a beta version of firefox 3. While I really like a lot of the subtle interface changes (like web address autocomplete), none of my vital extensions work with version 3. I need firebug, web developer toolbar, and zend studio toolbar, and last time I checked, none of these extensions have been updated yet for the ff 3 beta.
It's not complicated at all, but not quite so obvious either. Run synaptic and remove the following packages:
firefox-3.0
firefox-gnome-support
Now you need to delete your settings directory from your home folder. Open up your terminal and run:
sudo rm -rf .mozilla
Now everything should be uninstalled enough for you to install the firefox-2 package.
sudo apt-get install firefox-2
Now just to be sure, run firefox and go to Help -> About Mozilla Firefox
That screen will tell you which version is running. Let me know if you have any troubles and I'll try to help out as best I can ;)
Today...June 17 is Download Day! Grab a copy of firefox 3. Looks like http://spreadfirefox.com is down at the moment. It's a Drupal error "Unable to connect to Database"...ouch, they must be getting pounded with traffic ;)
http://mozilla.org/ is still live at the moment.
Even if you already have it, just download a copy to help mozilla break the world record for most downloads in a day.
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