David's Neighbour

#Ubuntu ships #Firefox as a #Snap and makes it hard to avoid. Complaining about it won’t change that. Controlling your system will.

I wrote a short guide on removing Snap Firefox, forcing apt to behave, and installing a proper .deb version that stays that way.

If Snap gets in your way, this is the clean workaround: https://kollitsch.dev/blog/2026/installing-firefox-on-ubuntu-without-snap/

Installing Firefox on Ubuntu without Snap | kollitsch.dev

A practical guide to removing the Snap version of Firefox and installing it from the Mozilla Team PPA on Ubuntu.

Mar 24 at 8:30amWeb
Show threadSTP4d ago
@davidsneighbour user choice is essential and the guide is spot on, I have my own objections to snap and especially the way it's heavily pushed. That said, there are also advantages to browsers in particular being in a sandboxed environment by default that are probably worth it for most users most of the time.
Show threadDavid's Neighbour4d ago
@SciPolTech That's right. I am not equipped with enough social skills to say it nicely, but the "default user" on an Ubuntu is probably very much well positioned with a Snap Firefox - plenty reasons for Snaps to be the default setup on Ubuntu. The big problem is the absolute "use Snap or sift through megabytes of documentation to know how to do it different". It's one of these "enjoy your ice cream here in our gated Parlor and don't you dare having your ice cream out on the streets" things.