2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • @[email protected]
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    911 months ago

    Correct me if I am wrong, but apt-get install firefox installs the snap version unless you go out of your way to fix that?

    • @pathief
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      011 months ago

      apt uses debians packages and debian repositories. Unless they recently created an alias or something, it should install debian packaged version!

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months ago

        I was under the impression the latest “firefox” package was a kind of “meta” package that caused the snap to get installed instead.

        Certainly seems that way according to: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=firefox

        Note that 22.04 is described as a transitional package to snap.

        Apt does use debian packages (.deb files), but on ubuntu it uses ubuntus repositories.

        • @pathief
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          511 months ago

          Even worse than I thought, then :/

      • Cosmic Cleric
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        111 months ago

        They’ve introduced a couple of redirects so that the snap version gets installed.