Install Swiftweasel For Optimized Firefox
Swiftweasel is a build of Mozilla Firefox source code, which uses non-trademarked graphics and logos. It is optimized for several architectures, and is available for the Linux platform only (original article). The main difference when compared to Firefox is that Swiftweasel is free and open source software dan light, Firefox are full blown huge heavy monster for my Ubuntu BOX.
To install, first download the tar.gz file for your architecture at http://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftweasel/files/, saving it in your home directory. Then run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo tar -xvf swiftweasel-*ubuntu.tar.gz -C /opt
rm swiftweasel-*ubuntu.tar.gz
sudo ln -s /opt/swiftweasel/swiftweasel /usr/local/bin/firefox
Then just click the firefox launcher and it will launch Swiftweasel instead. To uninstall and revert all changes, run the following command:
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/firefox && sudo rm -r /opt/swiftweasel
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Note: Swiftweasel profile is saved under ~/.sw*/swiftweasel