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Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox.
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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Yeah, snaps are garbage as long as canonical keeps the backend locked. Better to switch to a more userfriendly distro. If you want to stay in the deb ecosystem ... maybe go with something like Mint or Pop!_OS or debian (testing)
Debian's packages are more up to date than those in Mint and PopOS. Why people always complain about Debian being out of date, but never complain about that with other distros is beyond me. I guess people just repeat what they hear or read without ever thinking for themselves. Some might call them sheeple, me I just become ever so slightly more disgruntled.