For example, It takes around 15 minutes to restore around 10K bookmarks on my little underpowered Celeron N2840 laptop.Ĥ. Don't try to use Firefox during the restoration, just leave it alone. It seems Firefox takes a little while to rebuild the bookmarks database and there is NO progress bar or other indication that the restoration is ongoing (really bad UI design). After you select the backup file to restore, if you have a LOT of bookmarks to restore (like thousands) BE PATIENT. These empty bookmark backup files seem to be created by Firefox 57 sometimes when it starts with no bookmarks loaded.ģ.

Ignore any (useless) backup files that have like only 5 items in them.

Click the latest file that has a lot of items in it to start the restoration process. A fly-out will appear showing all of the daily backup files and the number of items in each file. In the Library window navigate here: Import and Backup > Restore.Ģ. In Firefox navigate here: Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks. So I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place right now in Mint Cinnamon 17.2.Ĭode: Select all -rw- 1 drone drone 1534703 Nov 15 06:16 bookmarks-_10503_tEXWF7cT4Tx3ASrX+Wxq7Q=.jsonlz4 I can't update from 17.2 to 17.3 because of a very hard to fix wireless driver issue that doesn't get fixed natively until Mint 18.1+ when the Onboard keyboard and long shutdown problems appear. I use 32-bit Mint because it works better in my Lenovo S20 11.6' laptop with only 2GB SDRAM which is soldered in and can't be upgraded (damn Lenovo). I can't update to 18.x yet, maybe 18.3 will work when it comes out (I must use the Onboard keyboard and my laptop takes a really long time to shut down in 18.1/18.2). Note: I'm using Mint Cinnamon v17.2 32-bit. I don't want to go back to Windows because it is slow, bloated and spies on me now. Question: How can I go back to before the Firefox 57 update or uninstall Firefox 57 entirely and install Firefox 52ESR for awhile until Firefox 57 gets fixed? This is simple to do in Windows, but I don't know how to do this in Linux Mint. None of my add-ons work now (not even No-Script) but more importantly I have had problems with my bookmarks disappearing (yes I did back up my bookmarks before the FF57 update). I installed Firefox 57 Quantum when Update Manager recommended it. The last time I ever installed from a tar file was a backported wireless driver for my netbook, which is kind of necessary. Which means it's likely you'll end up using a browser that isn't updated, which is VERY insecure, in any OS. You have to check yourself to see if there's an update, and then re compile and build it all over again. This is also used by the Mint Update Manager, which means software updates will not appear on the update list. This is difficult for noobs and, more importantly, doesn't use the apt packaging system you use in apt-get or software manager opr synaptic. Software that comes in a tarball has to be compiled and built from source. Actually, in Linux beginners are not encouraged to install this way. This is not a good idea for something like a browser.

There only seems to be a tar file option, which works the same as a zip file in Linux generally for installing. I ONLY download those things from the dev site, when I do dl them, which is rarely. I just tried the dl from the mozilla site.

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