After creating a fresh installation of Ubuntu 24.04, I installed DEB Firefox from APT by following Mozilla’s instructions from here. But I noticed that it was secretly replaced with Snap Firefox. I was able to verify this by checking the About Firefox page. This is the third time I noticed this.

  • @[email protected]OP
    5•8 hours ago

    I’m aware that when the user runs(without adding Mozilla’s apt repository),

    sudo apt install firefox

    the snap version of Firefox is installed. But I never heard that, though APT is configured to install Firefox from Mozilla’s repository, the DEB version will be uninstalled and the Snap version will be installed.

    • EugeniaEnglish
      4•7 hours ago

      Yes, this is known. They do the same for Chromium. If you want a browser from ubuntu, it’s going to be a snap.

      • Morphit
        1•3 hours ago

        w3m is a proper deb 😛

        Looks like only firefox, chromium-browser and thunderbird are these dummy transitional packages. There’s a fwupd-snap, but the default fwupd is a full deb.