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I installed Snap on Debian 10 stable to install Firefox and Chromium as snaps. It allows me to get the latest security updates for these 2 software without ente

by antpls 6y ago

I installed Snap on Debian 10 stable to install Firefox and Chromium as snaps. It allows me to get the latest security updates for these 2 software without entering into dependency hell with the OS. Beside the slow startups, which is not really an issue with those apps because I keep them open all the time, it worked flawlessly so far for me. My only con is that the defaults update all snaps like every day, and I really would like to have better control on that, because I'm always on mobile data.

kelnos 6y ago
If all you're looking for is the ability to get the upstream updates immediately, you can also just download the tarball version and unpack it somewhere under your home directory. Then dump a .desktop file for each in ~/.local/share/applications/ so it shows up in your app menu. No startup slowness, and you'll still get the vendor-provided updates as they're released.
- saintamh 6y ago
  I'm curious why this got downvoted -- would it not work?
  - zodmaner 6y ago
    I have no idea why that reply got downvoted as well. It is essentially how I installed Firefox on my Debian stable laptop , and it has been working great as far.