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Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What use to be the PPA that allowed Ubuntu users to use native .deb packages for Firefox has recently changed to the same meta package that forces installation of Snap and the Firefox snap package.

I am having to remove the meta package, then re-uninstall the snap firefox, then re-uninstall Snap, then install pin the latest build I could get (firefox_116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1_arm64.deb) to keep the native firefox build.

I'm so done with Ubuntu.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What PPA was it? I'm using this one and it seems to be still native. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt

That said - I'm experimenting with NixOS to move to.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I keep seeing people mentioning NixOS, what's so unique about it that people like?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Biggest package repository, a very strange package manager that lets you reproduce exact environment for any package. But also takes a bunch of time to understand and you basically have to learn a whole new programming language to use it if you don't want to copy-paste examples.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bigger than aur?

    Exact envitonmen? Like flatpacks?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Nix has "over 80 000 packages," according to their website. The AUR has 85719, so they're pretty close. This website seems out of date, as the AUR is listed as having 73914 packages, but it says that Nix is bigger. Either way, there's a lot.

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