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I get why snap is needed, but, like others, my experience has been poor. The first issue was Ubuntu 22.04 shipping the firefox snap only. It's ok for small oc
by dm319 4y ago
I get why snap is needed, but, like others, my experience has been poor. The first issue was Ubuntu 22.04 shipping the firefox snap only. It's ok for small occasional use programs that you need the bleeding edge version on. But it's not ok to wait 30+ seconds for firefox to open.
They fixed that. But I hit into it's idea of security - being unable to open html files on my local drive, unable to load links from my mutt client, and unable to download and save directly into a specific folder.
And worse, the snap updates just don't function well. They remind you when you are using the program, and they don't seem to update when you're not using it.
Real shame, but these are fixable problems.
- cardanome 4y agoSnap is not needed. On Linux Mint you install Firefox normally through apt and it works fine. I decide when I update it. As it should be. (Sure tech like appimage or flatpack has its place but the browser can be handled perfectly fine by the normal package manager of your distribution.)
- intelkishan 4y agoI was recently forced into using snap for Firefox by Mint. I had enabled snap for convenient installation of some packages. But I did not anticipate that it would force me to switch to the snap version of Firefox.
- timbit42 4y agoSo, Snap acts like a virus.
- alamortsubite 4y ago> Real shame, but these are fixable problems. Debian.
- remram 4y agoOr just the Mozilla PPA.