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Installing Firefox on Windows:

  • Open Microsoft Edge
  • Type “firefox” into Bing
  • Scroll past Microsoft trying to get you to not stop using Edge
  • Scroll past 10 malware ads
  • Click on the right search result
  • Find the download button and click it
  • Find where the .exe just went
  • Run the installer
  • Make sure the installer doesn’t download some other crap
  • Reboot your computer

    • Installing Firefox on Linux:

  • It was already installed by default
    • Apr 16, 2024 at 5:11pmWeb
    Show threadalexApr 16, 2024
    @[email protected] i use winget for that
    Show threadalexApr 16, 2024
    @[email protected] but it sux compared to linux
    Show threadER-1Apr 16, 2024
    @graphite I thought the reason Windows users were mad is because command line scary, as if "apt install firefox" or "pacman -S firefox" is hard to understand. It's literally just "mister package manager, please install this package"
    Show threadalexApr 16, 2024
    @[email protected] exactly!

    a CLI is like a language, and a GUI is like pointing at things and shouting
    Show threadHaydenApr 16, 2024
    @er1 @[email protected] me when I yay firefox
    Show threadfops Now On Merping Synth DownloadApr 16, 2024
    @graphite @er1 i downloaded an online installer from mozilla.org once and it downloads the latest version at runtime
    and every time i need ff i just download it from my file dump at https://files.eeep.ee/software/firefoxlatest.exe with Invoke-WebRequest in powershell and then run it lmao
    Show threadER-1Apr 16, 2024
    @chfour @graphite Least cursed Windows setup
    Show threadfops Now On Merping Synth DownloadApr 16, 2024
    @er1 @graphite i do this very rarely and i want to avoid touching edge 😭
    Show threadgayassApr 16, 2024
    @[email protected] I usually use ninite.com or I just go to firefox.com
    Show threadaviApr 16, 2024
    @er1 Firefox is also on WinGet and the Microsoft Store.