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 * Offer to install extension packs while installing
 * Extension package manager (similar in concept to an Apt front end, searchable)
+== Automatic updates in LINUX ==
+* Allow a non-root user to update (if a root password is needed, ask for it).
+In the current version, a non-root user doesn't even get notified that an
+update is available.
+This is the third time I've added this suggestion and some idiot keeps removing it. If you don't think it's a good idea, that's fine, but why not let the Mozilla team decide? I assume that the remover is the person who claimed this is not consistent with Linux being a multi-user system. My answer to that is that of course LINUX is a multiuser OS, but that doesn't mean that FF shouldn't notify the user of available updates, just because he's not ROOT. And just as a non-ROOT user can click on an RPM and be asked for a ROOT password in order to install or update a package, FF could provide the possibility of a user who knows the password.
+BTW, someone else suggested the possibility of installing System-wide extensions. This has also been removed. Although the idea is not mine, it sounds reasonable, based on the same logic - of course it should only be possible if you know the ROOT password.
 == Internationalization ==