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Sadly Mozilla still doesn't offer `aarch64-linux` builds for Firefox in their official channels, so for those that have a ARM64 Chromebook will still need to use something else to get Firefox running (I use Nix, but it needs some complicated setup to work with hardware acceleration, for example, using nixGL).
So, we have come full circle? There used to be a .deb repo, then there wasn't and now we have one again.
My only wish would be that they finally propose official Linux/aarch64 builds, for example for Asahi Linux.
Is there more technical information than this article provides? Did Firefox not have a .deb package until now? It's been a few years since I used Ubuntu, but I find that really surprising. I'm not sure what this new package is or how it differs.
The missed the key 5th benefit: Allows you to sudo apt-get purge snapd without annoying unwanted consequences.
You didn’t have to wait for this new Firefox package to stop using snaps, did you?
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The tar.gz build has exactly the same problem (it just doesn't complain about it): it needs to close the files from the old package and open the ones from the new package. Hence the restart. You can minimize the downtime by just restarting the browser and then using History | Restore previous session. The flatpak build avoids this problem by keeping both versions on the disk, up until you stop the app. Only at this t…
> You can minimize the downtime by just restarting the browser and then using History | Restore previous session. I hated the required restart with a passion when they first started it because restoring the previous session often failed. Once that worked, it was merely miserable (you still have to log in to all your sites).
Are you running very tight cookie/session settings or something? A restart definitely does not result in having to log in again for the stuff I'm logged in to.
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You didn’t have to wait for this new Firefox package to stop using snaps, did you?
The Firefox deb in the repos redirected and did a snap install or some weirdness at least at some point.
I install Firefox via Debian's package, and have never had 'snapd' installed.
This is a welcome addition for Chromebooks, because now you can install latest Firefox (not ESR) in Crostini without using Flatpak. Sadly Mozilla still doesn't offer `aarch64-linux` builds for Firefox in their official channels, so for those that have a ARM64 Chromebook will still need to use something else to get Firefox running (I use Nix, but it needs some complicated setup to work with hardware acceleration, for…