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apt install firefox (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by 0x4E4F to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

when I don’t have a choice and I am being forced to use what the distro maintainers think is good for me.

That's the case on literally any distro.
And just like on literally any distro, you can also install Firefox from FlatPak, the Mozilla repo or from source.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except on Ubuntu it just installs the snap regardless. If you don't pay attention you may not even realize that it is a snap. Also the snap store is controlled exclusively by one company with a questionable history.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Read my comment again:

install Firefox from FlatPak
the Mozilla repo
or from source

In none of these cases will Ubuntu be able to install it from snap instead.
Only the Firefox "package" in the Ubuntu repos actually just links to a script that installs the snap.