I do not want an update to kill all my add-ons, but also would like to enjoy the advantages of FireFoX qua**um.  How can I install one of them next to the other one?  Linux can be installed without overwriting Windows/default OS (some PCs ship FreeDos). But what about applications?  Windows allows installing onto an alternative directory.
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The main reason I want to use firefox ESR is to use a proprietary database tool for work that only allows oracle-java based web logins for linux (or a windows only thin client). I also want to use the full version of the outlook web application which only works in firefox. I don't want to run the NPAPI plugins for normal web browsing and email.   I have the repo version of firefox installed and firefox ESR installed in /opt/firefox and linked to /usr/local/firefox-esr  When I run firefox any attempt to run firefox-esr either brings up a window without the NPAPI plugins.   If I try running with the --new-instance or --no-remote options I receive the following error:  Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.   Regardless which one I start first, I can only open that one, and get the above error if I attempt to sidestep.  What makes this an especially annoying problem is that I often have to respond to emails that I need to access the database to deal with. So either I close and open many windows.
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I currently have Windows 7 on my computer and I want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows safely.  Could someone please provide clear instructions?
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How would I go about dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu, the windows drive is on an ssd as my c drive and my s drive is a hdd that I want to use for Linux. I have no idea what I need to download it or anything.
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I have been using Firefox for a long time in Ubuntu, I downloaded some add-ons but it made firefox extremely slow, even if I remove them nothing will change.  I tried to remove Firefox also, but re-installing it will somehow recover the same Firefox I had- it seems it write some info somewhere that even if you remove Firefox, it will keep them.  Moreover, I am not able to use see any flash videos or website with Firefox(chrome works fine).. Honestly I tampered with plug-in settings in Firefox that this happened. But right now I can't do anything to overwrite the setting...  My question is how I can remove Firefox in a way to remove any previous traces and re-install a new version like for the first time?
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It seems pretty straightforward to dual boot those versions of Windows when the newest is installed after Windows XP. But the inverse isn't happening on my machine. I tried even editing the BOOT.INI file, but the boot just freezes or displays that a file is missing when I try to boot another partition.  Currently I'm stuck with Windows XP, and I need to boot my Windows 7 instead.  What is the solution?
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I am trying to install a fresh version of Ubuntu in my computer without touching the windows 10 dual boot! In the Installation Type, the first option seems exactly what i wanted to do.  My question is, is this feature is safe to use? because i don't want to lose any windows files and other NTFS partitions on the hard-disk. Please eliminate my confusion. Note as that i dont need any files or media which are in the ubuntu partition, Thanks.
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In Ubuntu, once a release is out the software one has installed receives security updates only. In Windows, I can get new versions of programs with new features. How can Windows do this and why can't Ubuntu?
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folks.  I was recently given the task to remove Windows XP from some 15 computers in a primary school, install Lubuntu 12.10 on them (all too old for Gnome/Unity) and set up Scratch so the students can start learning coding in a month or two.  The problem is: although I've been using Linux for a decade now, I've no idea of how to set up a "master" computer to deal with the updates and maybe even broadcast whatever is happening on its screen to all the "slave" computers in the lab.  The only useful answer I found here was  regarding the use of "squid-deb-proxy" to deal with the updates in an efficient way.  Any how tos, tutorials or tips from someone who's done something similar?  Much appreciated. Thank you.  theguilster
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I'm very new with Ubuntu and generally with linux. I saw ubuntu and it seems like this OS is really good and stable, and so I decided to install it alongside my windows 7 OS.  I have a few problems with the installation. Here is what I did:   I downloaded the 64bit version from Ubuntu official website, and burned it on a dvd. I set the boot sequence to first load from my CD-Rom. Ubuntu installation started, and I chose "Install Ubuntu" in the menu. (where there is also a "Try Ubuntu" option) I clicked forward until I got into the installation type screen    As you can see, the installation wont show my actual details about my hard drive! I have 1 hard drive with 750 GB - 80 GB - My main drive with windows 7 OS 600GB - All of my stuff 20GB Free space that I saved for Ubuntu But the installation wont show that!
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I'm using  and I accidentally clicked "No" when asked if I want to integrate with the website.  How can I have Firefox or Chrome reask me to integrate the site with Ubuntu?
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Is it really safe to choose the "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows" option from the Ubuntu installation program?  I never used that option, instead I used other tools such as partition magic or windows 7's disk tool to resize my partitions.  Since I'm going to install Ubuntu across a lot windows (XP, Vista and 7) machines. It would not be nice to damage those Windows partitions.  What is your experience? Can I use this feature without concerns?
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I have a 64-bit Ubuntu. For the preinstalled Firefox I had to download the 64-bit plugins (, ); the 32 bit plugins didn't work. Then I downloaded Firefox from , which just has one version to download, and it does not state whether it is 32 bit or 64 bit (as of november 2010). Using this downloaded Firefox all the 64-bit plugins no longer work. I had to download the 32 bit plugins.  How can I tell whether my Firefox is 32 bit or 64 bit?
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I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which steps should I follow? Any suggestions? Every guide I found suggest to install Windows and, after that, Ubuntu. Being this my main development machine, I cannot afford the risk of wiping everything.
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In Firefox's options, you can either set that you want to be asked where to save every file, or you want it to be in place your favourite directory here, I've noticed that most of the stuff I save I put in one directory, usually something called Downloads (inspiring, isn't it?).  But FF still asks, and pops up with the download dialog. It is(!) by default in that directory, but I was wondering is there a way to avoid it alltogether. I.e., when I click on Save image or Save page as or whatever, that it directly just saves it - without asking for OK?  Anyone know how this can be accomplished?  Edit: Although I appreciate the posted answers so far, I should clarify that I'm not looking for an organizer of downloads, nor for download managers. I just need something that will minimize the number of clicks I have to make to get the file from the Internet to my disc.
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I am a newbie in linux. I wanted to install ubuntu to my desktop. I currently have two partitions, Windows 8 in installed on one, and i have some important files in another partition. While installing ubuntu, if I chose "Replace Windows 8 with Ubuntu", do I lose the other partition too?   And are there other ways to leave the other partition as it is, and install ubuntu in the partition  where windows was installed.
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First some background: I have dual-boot Windows 7 / Ubuntu 13.04 on Lenovo laptop. As I did the installation about 1.5 years ago and was then even more un-savvy linux user than I am now, I can't recall everything I did to get both OSes up and running. However, I do remember that it was quite troublesome procedure (running boot-repair at least once).  Now I'm considering trying another linux distro in addition to Ubuntu (most likely Arch), and this time I'd like to do it in a way that I have an idea what I'm doing (and possibly learn more about 'inner workings' of linux distros).  So that's enough for the background. Now my question is: How do I get information on what is my current grub / boot-loader configuration?  This seems to be first and quite separate issue to consider before even dreaming about installing a third OS and more advanced messing with partitions and boot.
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Hi I want to try Ubuntu 20.04 without installing it due to some driver issues in my laptop. But I already have 2 OS ( Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 [Dualboot] ), so will trying Ubuntu mess with the already installed Operating systems? And I know how to make live usb and booting from it but don't know how to exit it and then bring my laptop back to normal. Tried finding procedure on internet but reliable results are not found.