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The correct way to install Firefox (lemmy.world)

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[-] minorsecond@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

sudo emerge -av www-client/firefox

[-] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Are you sure you don't want the binary?

[-] ruination@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

Compiling by myself is always worth it for the -telemetry imo

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[-] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

yay -S firefox

[-] torafugu@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

All you need is pacman.

[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I used chocolatey to install firefox...

[-] mdwalters@pawb.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

windows users installing a web browser: then vs now

[-] Thann@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

maybe in a decade linus from LTT will be able to use a package manager

[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

https://medium.com/@keivan/the-day-appget-died-e9a5c96c8b22

$ scoop install firefox

[-] wersooth@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

does the firefox in this winget stuff is a pure firefox build, or mirsofotizied (full of tracking and grandma-stealing algorithms) garbage? also nice to see ms picking up 20+ years old linux features just to implement them badly :D

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