Pale Moon 33.0 has already been released and these are its news

PaleMoon Web Browser

Pale Moon is a free, open source web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. It is available for Linux and Windows

The new version of Pale Moon 33.0 has already been released and in this new version in which Various security improvements have been introduced, support improvements, as well as bug fixes and more. Pale Moon 33.0.0 involves more than 250 commits that reflect the hard work and commitment to the community, addressing feature requests and detected bugs.

In this new version that is presented of Pale Moon 33.0, we have added new features focused on browser security, and now it has been implemented a restricted version of the asynchronous clipboard API (navigator.clipboard) for asynchronous work with the clipboard, limited to writing for security reasons. This API supports plain text and standard methods of DataTransfer using the Promise mechanism, not including the reinvented concept of objects ClipboardItem.

Another of the new features added in this new version of Pale Moon 33.0 is a new configuration tab to the configurator «Preferences -> Privacy -> Tracking» to allow users to monitor the activity of features that can be used to passively identify users, such as the interface Performance Observer and the Canvas element.

In addition to it, also Support for digital signatures based on SHA-2 hashes is introduced (SHA-256/SHA-512, among others) process OCSP responses, as well as a full screen mode control, with which users can now restrict DOM full screen mode to the existing browser window via a new option in Preferences -> Content -> Media tab.

Of the other changes that I know stand out of this new version:

  • PromiseRejectionEvent Implementation: This feature, although little used, is essential to avoid compatibility issues and broken websites.
  • The performance of frame shadows has been greatly improved.
  • Greatly improved performance of uploading files/data over HTTP/2 (most secure websites out there).
  • Fixed several issues related to focus and content selection.
  • Troubleshooting issues related to focus and content selection, as well as the use of focus-within.
  • Improvements to CSP and StructuredClone behavior, as well as fixes related to timers and cancellation of dynamic imports.
  • Modifications in and update of the C++17 language standard.
  • Cleaned up several code snippets related to GMP, memory allocation, system libraries, residual Android code, freetype2, and developer tools.
    Improved efficiency in handling D3D textures.
  • Added experimental support for Mac PowerPC and Big Endian, plus adjustments to hanging script behavior
  • Addressed multiple security issues, including CVE-2024-0746, CVE-2024-0741, CVE-2024-0743 DiD, CVE-2024-0750 DiD, and CVE-2024-0753.

Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it about this new version, you can check the details In the following link.

How to install Pale Moon web browser on Ubuntu and derivatives?

For those who are interested in being able to install this web browser on their distro, they will only have to open a terminal in your system and type any of the following commands.

The browser has repositories for every version of Ubuntu that is still in current support. And in this new version of the browser, there is already support for Ubuntu 23.04. They just have to add the repository and install by typing the following commands:

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser:/palemoon-GTK3/xUbuntu_23.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3/xUbuntu_23.04/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser_palemoon-GTK3.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon

Now for users who are on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS version execute the following:

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser:/palemoon-GTK3/xUbuntu_22.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3/xUbuntu_22.04/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser_palemoon-GTK3.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon

For whoever they are Ubuntu 20.04 LTS users they will run the following commands in the terminal:

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser:/palemoon-GTK3/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_stevenpusser_palemoon-GTK3.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install palemoon

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