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Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After creating a fresh installation of Ubuntu 24.04, I installed DEB Firefox from APT by following Mozilla's instructions from here. But I noticed that it was secretly replaced with Snap Firefox. I was able to verify this by checking the About Firefox page. This is the third time I noticed this.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

They have been doing this for a while.

Would recommend you to stick to MX,Mint or if you care only about stability and not Updates debian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Have you correctly set your apt preferences? I didn't have any issues anymore since I've done that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm sure that I've set the apt preferences according to Mozilla's article. I'll have to wait and see until a new update arrives to Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah they've been doing that for a while

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I battled that for about a year and then ditched Debian based diatros altogether.

OpenSUSE ftw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This isn't Debian's fault! It's purely an Ubuntu/Canonical problem. Debian's only apt by default, no snap.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

You could have gone pure Debian. There are no snap shenanigans over there :)

OpenSuse is also a great pick tho!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I suggest Mint or straight Debian. I prefer Mint for anything graphical, Debian for headless

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Why use Mint when Mx exists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What benifit does Mint have over Debian for anything graphical?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Its driver manager is better for newbies. Worse for experienced users though imo.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I've just found it's more polished right out of the box. Definitely more new-user-friendly, like Ubuntu, but with Snap gutted out.

I have been using the regular Mint (based on Ubuntu), but I'm probably going to use the Debian edition next time I install a new system

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to 2020, where Debian is once again your trusted distro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Always was.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I've had it happen too. In fact it is what prompted me to move away from Kubuntu.

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