Why did you build this with a server? Since you suggest folks introspect the script anyway, you could simply generate it in the browser and have the user download it. Then you could run this at zero-cost.
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#52Mildly amused we keep reinventing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Prism
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#53Pretty good! Just a few observations: * The Firefox (BETA) entry does not work on default Ubuntu installs, where Firefox is a Snap. Yes, snap bad, bla bla bla, but it still remains one of the most likely way Firefox will be installed on Ubuntu. This comes from the fact that your script attempts to locate the profile folder in ~/.mozilla/firefox, whereas snaps stores them in ~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/. *…
Since Mozilla has started to provide an official Debian-style repository there is no reason to use snap on Ubuntu any more. Well, except if some users don't know or don't care to switch.
Thank you, I just followed these [1] instructions and couldn't be happier getting rid of the snap!!! Before upgrading I was running a binary release from firefox, but running mozilla apt repo is much preferred!
[1] - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux