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But there's a third way now that Mozilla is offering Firefox packages for Debian and Ubuntu Linux. Since Linux on Chromebooks uses Debian, you can directly download Firefox and quickly install it. Download Firefox directly from Mozilla to your Chromebook The most current release of Firefox for Linux is version 122. Mozilla launched it just yesterday. And here on Mozilla's ftp website, the company has the new Firefox download available in a .deb file. That's the type of Linux file or application, that Chromebooks can natively install through in ChromeOS Files app. Ezoic So all you need to do is navigate to the Mozilla page showing the new .deb file and click the link to it. That will download Firefox to your Chromebook. Note that this download will only work with Chromebooks using an x86 CPU such as one from AMD or Intel. I looked for a build that works with ARM-based devices but did not find one. Sorry!Mozilla now offers .Deb packages of Firefox for Linux that you can install on a Chromebook The Firefox download will be available in your Files app. To see it, you can click the "Show in folder" link as seen in the above photo. Or you can simply open the Files app on your Chromebook and view the Downloads folder. Ezoic Use the Install with Linux feature in ChromeOS Once you can see the downloaded .deb file, right-click it and select the "Install with Linux" option in the menu that appears.How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way with the ChromeOS Files app Click "Install" to proceed with the installation.How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way with the ChromeOS Files app ChromeOS will notify you when Firefox is installed, which should happen relatively quickly. You can now close Files and the installation window because you're done! Ezoic Firefox will now appear in the Linux Apps folder of your Chromebook Launcher. You can click the Firefox icon to open the browser or you can search for Firefox in your Launcher.Firefox appears in the ChromeOS Launcher of a Chromebook once you install it. This entire process should only take a minute, maybe two. That's because Mozilla is building the Firefox .deb packages and making them available directly. You could certainly use the command line interface in Linux to accomplish the same thing. However, it's a little unwieldy for those who aren't familiar with Linux. Directly downloading the Mozilla-built .deb file and installing it with the ChromeOS Files app is far easier and quicker. This method should also receive updates as new Firefox versions arrive. And you can always check for updates right in the browser settings, just like you can with Chrome. Ezoic Should you use Firefox on a Chromebook? Should you use Firefox on your Chromebook? Well, that's a personal choice. I have moved away, at least partially, from using the Chrome browser on my Chromebook. For several months, I've used Sidekick because of some added features and data privacy protections. I think I'll try Firefox as my main browser over the next few months for comparison purposes. Share this: * MastodonEzoic * LinkedIn * Facebook * TwitterEzoic * Reddit * Related Posts from About Chromebooks Post navigation ChromeOS 122 bringing Focus Mode to Chromebooks 5 thoughts on "How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way" 1. [svg] James says: January 23, 2024 at 11:42 am Opera, Edge, Vivaldi, Chrome Linux also work great on Chromebooks. Thanks for this. A lot of the time thie Linux instructions out there actually install Firefox ESR rather than Firefox. Reply 2. [svg] CajunMoses says: January 23, 2024 at 11:54 am Given the recent litigation in which Google was forced to admit that it deliberately misled Chrome browser users by concealing the fact that it collects user information in Incognito mode and profits from that information by using it to improve targeted advertising, many Chrome browser users are considering Firefox and similar alternatives. Google has NOT changed this practice, but is instead conducting a limited experiment with a more transparent disclosure to users of Incognito mode. Disgustingly shameful corporate behavior. Reminds me of Ken Lay. Maybe the layoffs are intended to soften the impact of the fines that Google expects. Reply 1. [svg] Kevin C. Tofel says: January 23, 2024 at 12:24 pm Right. I'm not thrilled with some of Google's actions with Chrome of late. That's partly why I started investigating alternative browsers on my Chromebook. Reply 3. [svg] Chris_W says: January 23, 2024 at 2:16 pm Kevin, Any ideas on how to get pinch to zoom to work from the touchpad on Firefox (it works from a touchscreen, just not the touchpad. I'm not sure if this is a crostini-wide issue or a Firefox one)? That's about the only papercut I have with it. Reply 4. [svg] Jason says: January 23, 2024 at 2:53 pm I've tried several other browsers (such as Firefox and Edge) in the Linux environment, and most work well. However, there are two behaviors that aren't ideal: a fuzzy display resolution if you don't have the Chromebook's display ratio set at exactly 100%, and a sometimes an unreasonably fast scroll speed to the mouse wheel, that happens only in these alternate browsers and not throughout the rest of the ChromeOS interface (including the Chrome browser itself). I presume both are due to how the Linux VM works here, but there don't seem to be settings specific to the VM that I can adjust. 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