Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 31.5.0, you can install on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pinguy OS, LXLE, Deepin, Linux Lite, Peppermint, Debian, Kwheezy, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva.

Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 31.5.0, you can install on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pinguy OS, LXLE, Deepin, Linux Lite, Peppermint, Debian, Kwheezy, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva.

Sending and receiving emails is like breathing these days, and you will need a reliable and extremely stable application to do it right. Mozilla Thunderbird is one of those rare applications that provides users with a feature-rich, easy to use and extendable email client. Besides begin an email client, the software is also a very good RSS news reader, as well as a newsgroup and chat client. It is supported and installed by default in many Linux operating systems.

Features at a glance

Among some of its major highlights, we can mention adaptive junk mail controls, saved search folders, global inbox support, message grouping, privacy protection, and comprehensive mail migration from other email clients.

Mozilla Thunderbird is designed to be very comprehensive. It will help users communicate better in an office space, allowing them to send, received emails, chat with their colleagues, and stay updated with the latest news.

Few know that the application provides users with a built-in web browser functionality, using a tabbed user interface and based on its bigger brother, the powerful Mozilla Firefox web explorer. Another interesting feature is the ability to add extensions, popularly known as add-ons, which will extended the default functionality of the application.

What's new in Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4.0:

• The previous issues with jp mac builds have now been fixed, and Thunderbird will no longer need to be run in 32-bit mode.
• Installing extensions within Thunderbird no longer requires download and installing as a file.Security fixes.

Supported operating systems

Do to the fact that it is written by Mozilla, the software supports multiple operating systems, including Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, as well as the 64-bit and 32-bit hardware platforms.

There are many popular Linux distribution that use Mozilla Thunderbird as the default email client application, integrated in a wide range of open source desktop environments including GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, Openbox, Enlightenment, or KDE.

Install Mozilla Thunderbird 31.5.0 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pinguy OS, LXLE, Deepin, Linux Lite, Peppermint, Debian, Kwheezy, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva.

How to install Thunderbird 31.5 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Debian CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:

$ wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/31.5.0/linux-i686/en-US/thunderbird-31.5.0.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf thunderbird-31.5.0.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird*
$ sudo mv thunderbird /opt/thunderbird31.5.0
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/thunderbird31.5.0/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird

To start Thunderbird 31.5, just open a terminal, type thunderbird and hit enter.

How to install Thunderbird 31.5 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Debian CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:

$ wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/31.5.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/thunderbird-31.5.0.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf thunderbird-31.5.0.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird*
$ sudo mv thunderbird /opt/thunderbird31.5.0
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/thunderbird31.5.0/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird

To start Thunderbird 31.5, just open a terminal, type thunderbird and hit enter.

Note: This will replace the version of Thunderbird you have already on your system with Thunderbird 31.5.