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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

by 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.
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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...

by cj 3y ago

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.

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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...