Comment by sgc

I haven't dealt with this for her in a few years, but basically:

Pin all their apps in favorites and they will persist through updates. Updates don't overwrite desktop shortcuts either (although like other os, a couple might be added that need to be removed). This might be more difficult in gnome, I wouldn't know since I am firmly in the kde camp.

To stay as up to date as possible, use the mozilla apt repo:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w...