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PseudoSpock Aug 23, 2023

Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/2594494

Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox. - Divisions by zero

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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syaochan Aug 23, 2023

@PseudoSpock add Linux Mint repository and install Firefox from there, as described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1386738/how-to-install-chromium-from-the-linux-mint-repositories-in-ubuntu
Or switch to Linux Mint entirely, like I did

How to install Chromium from the Linux Mint repositories in Ubuntu?

I want to install Chromium from the Linux Mint repositories in Ubuntu 20.04, to avoid snap. This answer describes how to install Chromium from the Debian repository. However, the Linux Mint reposit...

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PseudoSpock Aug 23, 2023

This is affecting my daily driver vm running on arm (m1), otherwise it would already be running Mint. :)

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syaochan

@PseudoSpock there's always Debian repository... did they stop fighting, I mean Mozilla and Debian? I did not try that with Debian repo but you could give it a go.