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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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[-] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Thank you, but no. I have the pinning correct. The ppa has turned to the dark side.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Nothing stopping anyone from installing by any other means though. This is just Canonical forcing their official channels to make sure they are pushing security fixes as fast as possible to desktop users.

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[-] 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.

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[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu -3 points 1 year ago

Hear me out, why not just use snap?

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