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.

  • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I was on Ubuntu for almost ten years. The snap BS really started bugging me a few years ago, and I started distro hopping to find a new home.

    If you’re really wanting to stick with an Ubuntu derivative, you could try Pop!_OS. They remove Snaps.

    I ended up settling on Manjaro. Access to the AUR is pretty awesome.