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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2024
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Anecdotally: the night Mozilla builds were a godsend when I couldn't afford decent hardware.
Also anecdotally and professionally: when you have a client that insists on using source like most software companies do nowadays; you can use that source along with something like a hash to keep them honest and prevent them from leaving you holding the bag when shtf. (ask me how I know this works. Lol)
I don't know much about them, do you happen to know why the nightly builds were better? Did the new features fix a problem?
i wasn't using the main build; i was using a minimalist build on my ancient laptop and i struggle to remember what it was called now.