Today I noticed that I was not able to set the picture of the day as wallpaper.
Solution:
Setting browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.widgets.pictureOfTheDay.setAsWallpaper.enabled to true
The result 🙂
Tag: Firefox
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Firefox 157 binaries are now available as part of Mozilla’s regular release cycle.
Nova UI
- Described as “the biggest visual refresh in years”
- Modernizes the look of the browser chrome, sidebar, and menus
Media and WebRTC
- Hardware AV1 decoding for WebRTC video calls on supported devices (previously software-only)
- HDR video fixes
- Better audio/video sync when changing playback speed
Other Changes
- Amazon removed as a built-in search engine
Availability
- Binaries downloadable from ftp.mozilla.org
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“For reference, Google Chrome ended support for 32-bit Linux in 2016. So in 2026, Mozilla will have supported 32-bit Linux for ten years longer than Chrome did.”
🔑 Timeline of Support Changes
- October 14, 2025
- Release of Firefox 144, last version supporting 32-bit Linux.
- Same day as Windows 10 end of life.
- October 2025 onward
- Firefox 145 and newer: 64-bit only.
- September 2026
- End of Firefox ESR 140 support for 32-bit Linux (last security updates).
- June 30, 2028
- End of Debian 12 LTS, the last Debian release supporting 32-bit.
https://www.ghacks.net/2025/09/10/firefox-to-end-support-for-32-bit-linux-in-2026/
- October 14, 2025
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New
- Vertical Tabs: You can now keep more — or fewer — pinned tabs in view for quicker access to important windows. Just drag the divider to resize your pinned tabs section.
Custom Search Engines: Firefox now supports adding even more search engines. To add a custom engine, right-click a search field of a supported website and select “Add Search Engine”, or go to Settings > Search > Add (below the search shortcuts table) to manually enter a search URL.
Firefox Extensions: Customize your toolbar with the option to remove the extensions shortcut, giving you more control over your browser. When the button is hidden, you can access the extensions panel again at any time from the Firefox menu by clicking the Extensions menu item.
You can now unload tabs by right-clicking on a tab (or multiple selected tabs) and selecting “Unload Tab”. This can speed up performance by reducing Firefox’s memory and CPU usage.
Full-Page Translations now prioritizes translating only the content near your current view, improving speed and responsiveness. Content outside your view is skipped unless you scroll to it, reducing unnecessary resource usage.
Firefox builds in Arabic now come with a built-in Arabic dictionary for the Firefox spellchecker.
Address autofill enabled for users in Italy, Poland, and Austria.
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“Firefox Labs currently lets you enable an AI chatbot, an auto-open on tab switch feature for Picture-in-Picture, support for Service Workers in the Debugger panel, and an address bar feature that shows results during IME (Input Method Editor) composition.”
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HTTPS as the default protocol over HTTP. HTTP will be a fallback option in case the remote server does not support HTTPS.
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Firefox View allows the user to access the following:
- Recent Browsing: View your active and recently closed tabs at a glance.
- Opened Tabs: See all your current tabs organized for clear navigation.
- Recently Closed Tabs: Quickly retrieve any tabs you’ve mistakenly closed.
- Tabs from Other Devices: Sync with your Mozilla account to access tabs across all your devices effortlessly.
One more feature of this version is PDF editing by adding images and alt text, in addition to text and drawings.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-set-tab-pickup-firefox-view
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With many performance enhancements
The binaries are available ahead of the official release announcement at: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/118.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/
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This bug was first reported on 2021-12-06 with KDE Plasma 5.23.4 and there is still no fix in version 5.27.3!
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446581
The freeze is presumably caused by Firefox attempting to update the clipboard and show a notification at the same time.
A temporary solution would be to disable Firefox notifications:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1283277
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1345694
