beginning with release 135, regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers are now using xz instead of bz2
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02-04-2025 06:49 AM - edited 02-04-2025 06:50 AM
beginning with Firefox for Linux release 135, the regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers have transitioned from using .tar.bz2 to .tar.xz for the packaging format
this change was announced for the nightly release installers back in November in the following blog posting:
https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/11/28/announcing-faster-lighter-firefox-downloads-for-linux-wi...
legacy example URL (bz2 format):
https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/134.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-134...
new example URL (xz format):
https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/135.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-135...

