I have Firefox 34.0 installed on a system running Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty). Many websites want to inform me that my browser is outdated, as apparently 34.0.5 has some significant security updates. Other major websites inform me that 34.0.5 should be available in the Ubuntu repositories as of about 4-Dec, but as of this date (21-Dec) even packages.ubuntu.com shows only 34.0, not 34.0.5.
I'm reluctant to download an offline installer for 34.0.5 because I don't want to screw up my system by having two separate versions installed in two separate directories.
I guess my question is: is there any good reason why 34.0.5 wouldn't be available from the standard Ubuntu repositories despite having been out for several weeks now?
Best Answer
Apparently, Firefox 34.0.5 is the version that switched US users from Google to Yahoo search. (source here)
Firefox in Ubuntu and derivatives is unaffected, but if you wish to switch the default search engine to something else, just change it in the search bar.
PS: I can also confirm that Firefox 34 is not "upgradeable" to 34.0.5 on Windows, ...probably because I am not in the US.