Ubuntu to Ship Firefox as SNAP PACKAGE
As part of a collaboration where “Mozilla approached Canonical” Firefox will ship as a snap package. The migration from using the ppa source of Ubuntu to a snap package is set to be complete by the upcoming release of Ubuntu 22.05 LTS.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/feature-freeze-exception-seeding-the-official-firefox-snap-in-ubuntu-desktop/24210
https://snapcraft.io/firefox
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i use arch btw
As someone who uses Ubuntu on 2GB RAM Celeron Netbook, I'm not okay with this change.
snap servers not being open source is an issue, and also they shouldn't be used for core software. The web browser is THE piece of software that people spend 90%+ of time on, it's one of the few packages I think should actually be maintained and not put in a snap/flatpak.
Snaps and flatpaks are definitely the future of Linux.
That being said, Honestly, this is linux. If you don’t like that the default install of Firefox is a snap, you can remove it and install it via apt. I doubt that the Ubuntu repositories will fully remove firefox
Been using snap version of Firefox for a long time (since it was released really) and I am fine with this decision. Faster update pushed out to my system.
When I was upgrading Ubuntu from 21.04 to 21.10 I was a bit confused when I saw that the installer wants to delete Firefox but I agreed to that. I understood it later on when the snap Firefox was pulled installed. My initial thought was like "What??? Hmm …. OK, let's see what's going to happen next". Must say I didn't notice any difference in speed etc and everything works just fine.
I know people complain about Snap and Flatpak, but a browser is probably one of the first things that could benefit from being containerized for the purpose of security. That said, the communities around both need to take performance seriously to make this experience as good as possible.
Hope this snap will support KDE file picker. Chromium snap does not support it and it's a drag for KDE users.
Time to move to Brave or another distro
That's ridiculous. They did the same with Chromium back when 20.04 came out
Place your bets on the next snap package transition for Ubuntu.
I always run into issues with snap packages, usually around the security context. I've stopped using ubuntu for personal projects, and only run it on the server. And on the server I purge snapd as step1 of setting up the server.
I moved off Ubuntu Canonical do to snaps nothing about them do I like On mint os NO snaps. rather run win apps first
Snap on the desktop hasn't been ideal for me in the past because of a lack of integration with the theme, fonts and cursor. If they've corrected those issues then I have no reason to not use a snap version of FF.
Snapn't
I literally dont care.
I click on Firefox button -> Does it work? -> Yes? -> Dont care.
Can be run by a hamster in my pc or the devil himself. The only question I ask myself is: Does the software, that I use work like I want it to work. If the answer is yes, I dont care what it does or how it works. In case of a browser that means: Does it launch? Does it display a website? Does sync work correctly? Do the other features work like before? If yes, you shouldnt care either.
Once people start putting ideology into the software world of ones and zeroes, theyve reached a point where they fkn need to chill.
First thing I do when I install Ubuntu is to purge snapd. They've got a very long way to go before I'll use it.
Currently I don't even get Firefox from a repository, instead I use the .tar.gz package directly from Mozilla for Firefox Developer Edition, which automatically updates, integrates well with the desktop, and is fast.
If they bring Developer Edition to Flatpak I'll consider trying it though.
Ubuntu sucks. Install Arch.
Thats why I don't like Ubuntu. They just force snaps when there's no reason for that.
Just gonna continue purging snap and using flatpak. Sucks that they'd do this though.
Unpopular opinion: Snaps are not bad. They are simply misunderstood. Snaps are useful because it makes it 100x easier for developers to publish their apps for Linux. Plus they provide extra security by being sandboxed. Plus plus that they are a LOT smaller than flatpaks, which saves you space and are faster to download for people with slower connections.