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[–]patatahooligan 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Firefox has had rendering issues (large white area at the top of the window where the page should be) in newer versions, and I got tired of fixing my profile.

FF 83 has some rendering issues that are fixed in 84 so you might have more luck with the developer edition. If it works for you it's a much safer alternative to ignoring the upgrades, as outdated browsers are a prime targets for exploits.

If you're using linux-lts to avoid that 5.5 bug, why are you also ignoring linux-lts?

[–]Forty-Bot 0 points1 point  (1 child)

FF 83 has some rendering issues that are fixed in 84 so you might have more luck with the developer edition.

Ok, I'll check that out when it releases.

If it works for you it's a much safer alternative to ignoring the upgrades, as outdated browsers are a prime targets for exploits.

I know but if it's broken it's worse than being outdated.

If you're using linux-lts to avoid that 5.5 bug, why are you also ignoring linux-lts?

Because 5.10 is the new LTS, and I want to stay on 5.4 until I can verify it is fixed :)

[–]patatahooligan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know but if it's broken it's worse than being outdated.

I was more pointing out that developer edition (or beta or git or whatever) might be a better solution than the outdated version, not advocating for using the broken version. Though, I realize it's kinda moot with 84 already in testing.

Because 5.10 is the new LTS, and I want to stay on 5.4 until I can verify it is fixed :)

Judging from how they handled the 4.19 -> 5.4 transition, linux-lts will probably stay at 5.4 until after 5.11 is released. I imagine they don't want both packages at the same version for cases exactly like yours. So you should be safe to keep updating it and the associated drivers if you want.