The Mozilla Blog - Mozilla’s new Firefox Linux for Debian derivatives (blog.mozilla.org)

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Mozilla now has an official Debian repository for running the latest Firefox releases.

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[-] aniki@lemm.ee 26 points 9 months ago

This is specifically to provide a native package that isn't a snap. RPMs are not the hell that is snaps.

I switched over immediately on my in work machine

[-] ThermoToaster@exng.meme 9 points 9 months ago

Great to hear! Snaps are a really bad approach to universal packaging from canonical.

[-] BurnedDonut@ani.social 4 points 9 months ago

I hate snaps and flatpacks equally. They really cause more problems than they solve for new users.

[-] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

It's also for Debian Stable/Testing users who only have ESR in their repos.

You can set up APT pinning and pull it from Sid, but I prefer not to fuck with official repos other than Backports. Even then, only if I really need to.

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Fair point! I really wish there was a native Firefox build for Arm too.

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