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.

    • PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      First, it’s a version behind, prompting Firefox to ask me to erase my existing profile. That’s not going to do. Second, it’s not able to have Widevine added to it, which is needed for video / screen sharing in Teams web client.

    • space_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I’ve used it a few years ago, it might have gotten better but when I was trying to use it it was annoying as fuck, cross-application links that you would expect to open the browser or whatever other app just didn’t seem to work right and that was kind of a big deal for me since I use Slack a lot.

      Also I’d imagine your disk usage would go through the roof with it.

      I just don’t see the point in it tbh, what was wrong with Linux package management as it is?