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Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

You know what, enough is enough. Snaps run like shit in my system (IDK/DC why), I hate companies forcing their shit down my throat, and I was planning a clean reinstall anyway from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. Might as well use the opportunity to go back to Debian. Or Mint. Or Mint Debian Edition. Who knows.

Next on the news, Ubuntu ("humanity") gets renamed to Amasimba ("shit"). /s

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Feeling bold? Try MenuetOS, it even claims to have an http client.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

TempleOS and give it a try. The prophet Terry will be smilling from the Heaven TempleOS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I toyed with the idea of gentoo. Not because I want a rolling distro, but because of that 4chan meme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gentoo is very good actually, specially if you have a modern CPU.

I tried it on my desktop, and I never want anything else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Redistribution, reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation prohibited without permission from the copyright holders.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

MX23, even no systemd

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't even mind systemd to be honest. My bone to pick against Poettering is because of pulseaudio.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

After using it since Lucid Lynx 10.04, I switched from Ubuntu to Mint last weekend. I'm lazy about distros these days, and I really didn't want to switch, but Firefox instability was driving me nuts. The web browser must be reliable, IMO. It's a fundamental requirement for a desktop OS, and this problem didn't exist before snaps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why not slackware /s