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This is an interesting article to read on a Firefox browser running on ChromeOS... that has been installed since I first got the machine.

cj 3y ago
Does it work well? I'm reading this on ChromeOS too, but on Chrome. I've tried using Firefox a couple years ago on this machine, but it was the mobile variant from the Android play store which felt a lot like running a mobile app on a large laptop screen, which made everything feel a bit awkward. Maybe it has gotten better since then?
- Scion9066 3y ago
  The Play Store version is definitely just running the mobile app version on a large laptop screen. This version is just using the ability to run Linux apps to run the normal desktop version of Firefox directly (albeit in a VM like all the Linux/Android apps on ChromeOS). I'm not sure if hardware acceleration is enabled for the Linux VM for video/graphics things yet though so I'm not sure about how well it performs.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - sp332 3y ago
    Does the Play Store version not support keyboard shortcuts, even through it's running on a laptop with a full keyboard?
    - ryanpandya 3y ago
      Yep and it's infuriating.
    - rchaud 3y ago
      It does. CTRL+T, CTRL+Shift+T, CTRL+L all work. FF mobile doesn't have Dev tools, but Kiwi, a Chromium fork browser, does, so CTRL+Shift+I will bring it up.
- yellowapple 3y ago
  My Pixelbook has been collecting dust ever since I switched to my Framework, but back when I was using it I recall Firefox working damn near perfecfly via Crostini. Only quirk was that ChromeOS obviously expects a different browser, so getting other software to reliably open links in Firefox instead of the built-in Chrome was less than foolproof, but it otherwise worked exactly as well as on an ordinary (GNU/)Linux desktop system.
  - cbsmith 3y ago
    That's basically my experience, except in my case my Chromebook is from Framework. ;-)
- cbsmith 3y ago
  I'm running it from the Linux environment. Works like a charm.
- mdwalters 3y ago
  I ran Firefox in Crostini once. I'd say it was an "eh" experince. But then I installed Linux on it. Too bad that the way I installed Linux on it is being discontinued...

cj 3y ago

Does it work well? I'm reading this on ChromeOS too, but on Chrome. I've tried using Firefox a couple years ago on this machine, but it was the mobile variant from the Android play store which felt a lot like running a mobile app on a large laptop screen, which made everything feel a bit awkward. Maybe it has gotten better since then?

Scion9066 3y ago
The Play Store version is definitely just running the mobile app version on a large laptop screen. This version is just using the ability to run Linux apps to run the normal desktop version of Firefox directly (albeit in a VM like all the Linux/Android apps on ChromeOS). I'm not sure if hardware acceleration is enabled for the Linux VM for video/graphics things yet though so I'm not sure about how well it performs.
- deleted 3y ago
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- sp332 3y ago
  Does the Play Store version not support keyboard shortcuts, even through it's running on a laptop with a full keyboard?
  - ryanpandya 3y ago
    Yep and it's infuriating.
  - rchaud 3y ago
    It does. CTRL+T, CTRL+Shift+T, CTRL+L all work. FF mobile doesn't have Dev tools, but Kiwi, a Chromium fork browser, does, so CTRL+Shift+I will bring it up.
yellowapple 3y ago
My Pixelbook has been collecting dust ever since I switched to my Framework, but back when I was using it I recall Firefox working damn near perfecfly via Crostini. Only quirk was that ChromeOS obviously expects a different browser, so getting other software to reliably open links in Firefox instead of the built-in Chrome was less than foolproof, but it otherwise worked exactly as well as on an ordinary (GNU/)Linux desktop system.
- cbsmith 3y ago
  That's basically my experience, except in my case my Chromebook is from Framework. ;-)
cbsmith 3y ago
I'm running it from the Linux environment. Works like a charm.
mdwalters 3y ago
I ran Firefox in Crostini once. I'd say it was an "eh" experince. But then I installed Linux on it. Too bad that the way I installed Linux on it is being discontinued...