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It's specifically a Linux ecosystem problem they're talking about. The package managers don't coordinate with Firefox and just change files out from under it. T
by ziml77 1y ago
It's specifically a Linux ecosystem problem they're talking about. The package managers don't coordinate with Firefox and just change files out from under it. That means that you can end up with the processes Firefox spawns when a tab is opened not matching the main process. This caused problems often enough that Firefox implemented a mechanism to detect this case and tell you to restart the browser.
- masswerk 1y agoI guessed so. (Which is why I brought up the behavior on that other OS.)
- chupasaurus 1y agoBrowsers aren't the only software that could be broken by auto updates on Linux and you can set up exactly the same behavior in at least APT's unattended-upgrades (dunno about RPM).