481

What use to be the PPA that allowed Ubuntu users to use native .deb packages for Firefox has recently changed to the same meta package that forces installation of Snap and the Firefox snap package.

I am having to remove the meta package, then re-uninstall the snap firefox, then re-uninstall Snap, then install pin the latest build I could get (firefox_116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1_arm64.deb) to keep the native firefox build.

I'm so done with Ubuntu.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Montagge@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

I've been having no issues with the Firefox snap on Ubuntu 22.04lts since I upgraded last month.

[-] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Then you have a use case that doesn't hit the limits of it's implementation. I am both glad for you, in that it hasn't bit you, and sad for you, in that you have let yourself be sucked into the proprietary ubuntu app store, known as snap.

[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You haven't tried to run it in containers, have you?

[-] Montagge@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Why would I? I don't need containers for anything.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
481 points (98.2% liked)

Linux

48124 readers
448 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS