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> Why can't those Linux distributions just ship with Firefox? I don't get it. Which distro does not?

• zubspace 6y ago
  You're right if course. What I mean is, would it hurt to just package firefox? Or is it really that important for some developers to have access to Chromium or Chrome?
  • depressedpanda 6y ago
    While Firefox is my main browser, if you're a web dev, you need access to Chrome/Chromium so that you can test that your stuff works in the most popular browser, if nothing else. Additionally, in my case, Chrome is the only browser that works with the Web Serial API, though other Blink based browsers ostensibly should support it.
  • szatkus 6y ago
    For sure if you want to use features that are only supported by Chrome. Also devtools are more comfortable and less buggy (seems that almost every React project I met would break Firefox at some point).
  • cheph 6y ago
    If I could not use chrome on the distro I use (fedora) I would stop using it, but that being said fedora does not actually package chrome, they just have a package to add the google-chrome yum repo, and of course you can just add it yourself without using the package to add it. And I appreciated that it had Chromium (which it packaged itself) as I also used it. I doubt that any distro would increase it's user base by not packaging Chromium, as you could just not install it if you don't want it, like with everything else. But that being said, nothing stops you from voting with your feet and switching to a distro that makes it difficult/impossible to get google chrome and/or Chromium if that will make you happier.