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		arzig on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla's new Firefox Linux package for Ubuntu and... The Firefox deb in the repos redirected and did a snap install or some weirdness at least at some point.

ColonelBlimp on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

Flatpaks are a perfectly functional option https://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.firefox

jlarocco on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

Must have been an Ubuntu problem.

I install Firefox via Debian's package, and have never had 'snapd' installed.

arzig on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

Yes. Ubuntu maintained their own deb package that redirected to a snap install.

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