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apt install firefox (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

True one can install it on Mint. But at that level, just

  • install Kubuntu
  • add timeshift
  • run unsnap (removes snap, installs flatpak and flathub, installs apps as flatpaks)
  • add the new official deb repo for Firefox
  • remove a possibly installed Firefox Flatpak (has missing sandboxing) and install with apt
[–] JackRiddle 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While this is not that hard to do if you're used to linux, I would not reccommend this to someone who is switching from windows.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

Yeah probably. Installing Mint and GNOME or Plasma on there will be waay easier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Use flatpak

Also how do you know snap will stay removed? I wouldn't be surprised if it magically came back. Might as well use something that's a little more respectful of your rights. Pop OS or Fedora seem like good choices if you just want gnome wayland. If you want KDE go for Fedora KDE

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I moved to Fedora kde. Smaller, newer packages(kde 6), and wayland updated.

There is no reason to fight Ubuntu, just pick something that is not against your priorties. I came from Windows 10 and there was a lot of fighting for respecting user choice.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would never use dnf Fedora again, it is an unstable mess.

I am on Kinoite since a year or more? Works great. Fedoras Packages are awesome, stable and often better than Uwuntu or OpenSUS

But dnf upgrades simply were extremely unreliable.

It doesnt matter how your distro looks, thats the desktop.

It matters how it backups, upgrades, recovers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Use timeshift on your brtf partions. Also dnf5 is soon coming and going to be default.

So far no problem at all for me. It is also pretty fast to reinstall if needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  • install Kubuntu

Or even better, install KDE Neon. Same as Kubuntu, but with less bloat and the latest KDE Plasma.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Haha no, not even KDE devs use it.

I am on Fedora Kinoite and happy. But this was about Ubuntu, and Fedora simply serves a different use case. Kubuntu and KDE Neon are both Ubuntu LTS.