Firefox: Difference between revisions

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Keep in mind that the NixOS and Home Manager modules have different options, so choose accordingly.

== ~~Other~~ Firefox ~~Editions~~ ==

== Firefox Variants ==

~~Nixpkgs also offers other~~ variants ~~of Firefox aside from the ones stated above; these may suit your needs more than vanilla Firefox~~.

There are several Firefox variants that you can chose to install. To choose a variant, set <code>programs.firefox.package</code> accordingly.

To choose a variant, set <code>programs.firefox.package</code> accordingly.

'''Note:''' The packages for the variants listed below are installed ''instead'' of the normal <code>firefox</code> package ~~and each other~~, ~~which means that~~ you'll have to choose one among these options.

'''Note:''' The packages for the variants listed below are installed ''instead'' of the normal <code>firefox</code> package. Thus, you'll have to choose one among these options.

~~=== Wayland ===~~

Users running a Wayland compositor (such as [[Sway]]) may want to use a Wayland-compatible ~~build~~ of Firefox (<code>firefox-wayland</code>). This can help with a number of issues such as phantom scrolling.

=== Variant: Official Binaries ===

Mozilla provides official pre-built Firefox binaries. This is the <code>firefox-bin</code> package and will be downloaded directly from the Mozilla servers.

=== Variant: Wayland ===

Users running a Wayland compositor (such as [[Sway]]) may want to use a Wayland-compatible variant of Firefox (<code>firefox-wayland</code>). This can help with a number of issues such as phantom scrolling.

==== Screen Sharing ====

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===~~Firefox~~ ESR===

=== Variant: ESR ===

<code>firefox-esr</code> is the '''E'''xtended '''S'''upport '''R'''elease of Firefox provided by Mozilla, which receives only security updates and a more relaxed cadence of feature implementation.

===~~Mozilla Distributed Binaries===~~

=== Variant: Nightly ===

Mozilla themselves provide official pre-built Firefox binaries. It is possible to install these packages through Nix by using the <code>-bin</code> suffix with the package (such as <code>firefox-bin</code>). This will download the binary from Mozilla's servers.

Nightly builds are daily builds of Firefox from the central Mozilla repository.

~~===Firefox nightly~~===

Nightly builds are daily builds of Firefox from the Mozilla~~-central~~ repository.

To use them

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 Keep in mind that the NixOS and Home Manager modules have different options, so choose accordingly.
-== Other Firefox Editions ==
+== Firefox Variants ==
-Nixpkgs also offers other variants of Firefox aside from the ones stated above; these may suit your needs more than vanilla Firefox.
+There are several Firefox variants that you can chose to install. To choose a variant, set <code>programs.firefox.package</code> accordingly.
-To choose a variant, set <code>programs.firefox.package</code> accordingly.
-'''Note:''' The packages for the variants listed below are installed ''instead'' of the normal <code>firefox</code> package and each other, which means that you'll have to choose one among these options.
+'''Note:''' The packages for the variants listed below are installed ''instead'' of the normal <code>firefox</code> package. Thus, you'll have to choose one among these options.
-=== Wayland ===
-Users running a Wayland compositor (such as [[Sway]]) may want to use a Wayland-compatible build of Firefox (<code>firefox-wayland</code>).  This can help with a number of issues such as phantom scrolling.
+=== Variant: Official Binaries ===
+Mozilla provides official pre-built Firefox binaries. This is the <code>firefox-bin</code> package and will be downloaded directly from the Mozilla servers.
+=== Variant: Wayland ===
+Users running a Wayland compositor (such as [[Sway]]) may want to use a Wayland-compatible variant of Firefox (<code>firefox-wayland</code>).  This can help with a number of issues such as phantom scrolling.
 ==== Screen Sharing ====
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 </syntaxhighlight>
-===Firefox ESR===
+=== Variant: ESR ===
 <code>firefox-esr</code> is the '''E'''xtended '''S'''upport '''R'''elease of Firefox provided by Mozilla, which receives only security updates and a more relaxed cadence of feature implementation.
-===Mozilla Distributed Binaries===
+=== Variant: Nightly ===
-Mozilla themselves provide official pre-built Firefox binaries. It is possible to install these packages through Nix by using the <code>-bin</code> suffix with the package (such as <code>firefox-bin</code>). This will download the binary from Mozilla's servers.
+Nightly builds are daily builds of Firefox from the central Mozilla repository.
-===Firefox nightly===
-Nightly builds are daily builds of Firefox from the Mozilla-central repository.
 To use them