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For me the best way to run Firefox on Debian based system is to download the compiled tar and extract it somewhere in my home dir. This way I get update through
by nicolaslem 5y ago
For me the best way to run Firefox on Debian based system is to download the compiled tar and extract it somewhere in my home dir. This way I get update through Firefox itself (like on Windows/MacOS).
- pabs3 5y agoIf you are downloading the tarball from Mozilla, then you are affected by this telemetry: https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-a-unique-identifier/ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-...
- xcdzvyn 5y agoI don't think that's the case; the telemetry is part of the installer, not the installed binary (that the tarball would contain)
- pabs3 5y agoThe article says the download id is transmitted to Mozilla on first run, so it must be part of the installed binary? However, the article does say the Mozilla FTP site doesn't have the download id.
- rohanrd-xyz 5y agoYeah it can. The only problem is my home directory is not on SSD and it takes long time to load Firefox from regular HDD.
- OscarCunningham 5y agoI believe the 'proper' place to install it would be /opt. You can then give yourself edit permissions for the firefox directory so that firefox is capable of upgrading itself when you run it.
- dhimes 5y agoYep- this. And put a symlink to it. Then you can quickly switch versions to nightly or whatever you need.
- watchdogtimer 5y agoUnfortunately, I don't think this is an option on aarch64 Linux.