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Their new fangled update schedule is highly problematic.

I am using Ubuntu GNU/Linux.

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Under the "Tools" menu, choose "Options," activate the "Advanced" section, then select the "Update" tab; you'll be presented with a myriad of options for disabling or controlling how the updates behave as shown in the screen shot I've included from Firefox v3.6.23 below for your convenience (it looks the same in Firefox v7.0.1, so I'm assuming it isn't any different in Firefox v6.anything).

What problems are you encountering with the update schedule, by the way?

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I am on Firefox 6 now on Ubuntu Linux. Under the Update tab, there is no checkbox for Firefox. – Geoffrey van Wyk Oct 5 '11 at 18:27
A problem I experienced yesterday is that Firefox 6 does not support Moonlight plugin (Silverlight for Linux). – Geoffrey van Wyk Oct 5 '11 at 18:28
I just tried to update Firefox, and it got me up to v3.6.23 (and couldn't detect any newer versions), so I went to the web site and discovered Firefox v7 is available so I installed that. The configuration menus look exactly the same in both of these versions, and so I'm assuming it hasn't changed from v3.6.23 that I was using. (Hmm, I installed Firefox 3 less than 6 months ago, and now they're already up to version 7? Wow!) – Randolf Richardson Oct 5 '11 at 20:59
Like I said, in version 6 on Ubuntu, there is no checkbox for Firefox under the Update tab. I will try to downgrade to Firefox 5, or switch to Chromium (I hope they don't update everyday too). – Geoffrey van Wyk Oct 6 '11 at 7:18
I wonder if the option got moved in version 6? It's too bad that the option isn't there. – Randolf Richardson Oct 7 '11 at 19:51
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Tools -> Options -> Advanced Choose stop checking updates or check Ask me what I want to do

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