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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.

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[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TIL about desktop-file-edit.

I’ve been doing desktop files by hand for years.

My favorite thing about the Mozilla binary is that it auto updates just like Windows, as long as you have write permissions.

[-] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I tend to do the same. Can you link it ?

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Their script has a really good example of using the “proper” tools to create, validate, and install the desktop file automagically. The tools themselves are likely already installed.

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