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1. google the web, e.g. using duckduckgo, for "firefox nightly ppa" 2. Go to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ubuntu/ppa https://launchpad.
by kuschku 9y ago
1. google the web, e.g. using duckduckgo, for "firefox nightly ppa"
2. Go to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ubuntu/ppa https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ubuntu/...
3. apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
4. apt install firefox-trunk
5. firefox-trunk
At no point during this are you informed that you will be subject to illegal tracking and analytics.
- dotsh 9y agoNo matter what way of installing you choose they inform you via official website about pre-release version witch includes notice about sending automatic feedback. You don't need to prove your point in the most bizarre way and you can inform PPA admin to add this little line for clarification.
- kuschku 9y ago> the most bizarre way Installing via PPA is much more common and trusted than installing a random binary from a random website. > to add this little line for clarification. That’s too late anyway, from May 8 on the GDPR comes into force, and then this will require explicit opt-in from the user, and the rest of the software has to continue working even if the user does not explicitly opt-in. So, I’ll just wait for that. Also waiting for the day that the analytics on about:addons becomes explicitly opt-in, instead of being connected to the DNT setting.
- gkya 9y agoFirefox is open source software. They can not control every single person distributing their software. That PPA is probably maintained by volunteers or Ubuntu folk.