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I'd try using firefox instead of chrome for your development browser, I do a lot with webrtc and find myself in permissions hell with chrome so my main system i

I'd try using firefox instead of chrome for your development browser, I do a lot with webrtc and find myself in permissions hell with chrome so my main system is ubuntu with firefox rather than chrome these days. I use a mac for mobile development because its handy to be able to handle ios and android with the same system.

philips 8y ago
I installed Firefox on the ChromeOS Crostini VM for similar reasons and it works great. The app icon even shows up in ChromeOS and I clickable. I just used a release binary and copied the .desktop file to /usr/share/whatever as described on the Mozilla wiki.
- skrowl 8y ago
  I found that Firefox via flatpak works very well on my i5 Pixelbook
- dandv 8y ago
  You can also add to home screen/install Progressive Web Apps from Android Firefox, and they'll appear in the Chrome OS launcher. Should've demo-ed that during the talk :)
  - DennisAleynikov 8y ago
    PWA's used to be one of the few truly desktop feeling apps on Samsung DeX but as of today their beta of WSL for Android [1] has dropped an it makes every samsung flagship s8 and up a computer to develop apps on. its like crostini but a little worse since it fills your screen with a graphical ubuntu 16.04 with latest chrome, VSCode and other toys to get you started. Really awesome they are doing this and I look forward to the future of linux on galaxy devices. [1] https://linuxondex.com https://linuxondex.com
kakarot 8y ago
9/10 times when I experience a bug while doing front-end, it's only in Chrome. Because of this I had to switch to Chrome for my default dev browser purely to save time and catch bugs early. I hate it... My solution to permissions hell is to create a separate "unsafe" launcher for a version of Chrome that uses a profile with some security features disabled.
vijaybritto 8y ago
Why not Firefox in Mac for web development as well? What's Ubuntu offering more in here?

philips 8y ago

I installed Firefox on the ChromeOS Crostini VM for similar reasons and it works great. The app icon even shows up in ChromeOS and I clickable. I just used a release binary and copied the .desktop file to /usr/share/whatever as described on the Mozilla wiki.

skrowl 8y ago
I found that Firefox via flatpak works very well on my i5 Pixelbook
dandv 8y ago
You can also add to home screen/install Progressive Web Apps from Android Firefox, and they'll appear in the Chrome OS launcher. Should've demo-ed that during the talk :)
- DennisAleynikov 8y ago
  PWA's used to be one of the few truly desktop feeling apps on Samsung DeX but as of today their beta of WSL for Android [1] has dropped an it makes every samsung flagship s8 and up a computer to develop apps on. its like crostini but a little worse since it fills your screen with a graphical ubuntu 16.04 with latest chrome, VSCode and other toys to get you started. Really awesome they are doing this and I look forward to the future of linux on galaxy devices. [1] https://linuxondex.com https://linuxondex.com

kakarot 8y ago

9/10 times when I experience a bug while doing front-end, it's only in Chrome. Because of this I had to switch to Chrome for my default dev browser purely to save time and catch bugs early. I hate it... My solution to permissions hell is to create a separate "unsafe" launcher for a version of Chrome that uses a profile with some security features disabled.

vijaybritto 8y ago

Why not Firefox in Mac for web development as well? What's Ubuntu offering more in here?