From aefc63eb11004f0788d6c0f08c9d4317b99f7daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Young Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 10:51:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Thunderbird: CoreDesktop now installs the ESR Flatpak Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- content/software/thunderbird.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/software/thunderbird.md b/content/software/thunderbird.md index 049e214..d55f0a4 100644 --- a/content/software/thunderbird.md +++ b/content/software/thunderbird.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: "Thunderbird" category: "Email and calendar" tagline: "Mozilla's open-source email client, with calendars, contacts and feeds built in." source: "Flathub" -package: "org.mozilla.Thunderbird" +package: "org.mozilla.thunderbird_esr" replaces: ["Microsoft Outlook"] website: "https://www.thunderbird.net/" code: "https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-desktop" @@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Thunderbird is a desktop email client from MZLA Technologies, part of the Mozill ## On CoreDesktop -CoreDesktop installs Thunderbird as a Flatpak from Flathub. Open it from the app grid and add your account with your email address and password. Your Core's mail server publishes its settings in Thunderbird's autoconfig format, so Thunderbird can fill in the server details for you. +CoreDesktop installs Thunderbird's Extended Support Release, the version that gets security fixes but new features only about once a year, as a Flatpak from Flathub. Open it from the app grid and add your account with your email address and password. Your Core's mail server publishes its settings in Thunderbird's autoconfig format, so Thunderbird can fill in the server details for you. `update` keeps Thunderbird current along with your other Flatpaks.