AnonymousCoward@lemmy.blahaj.zone to LinuxEnglish · 3 days agoAnnouncing Faster, Lighter Firefox Downloads for Linux with .tar.xz Packaging!blog.nightly.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down16
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minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoI don’t. I have installed Firefox manually for many years across several distros now, albeit for different reasons. For example: Debian only has Firefox ESR in the Bookworm repo. I want the latest mainline version. Bazzite only offers it via Flatpak, which breaks functionality I need such as native messaging. I see no problem installing it manually. It keeps itself updated and has caused me zero problems.
I don’t. I have installed Firefox manually for many years across several distros now, albeit for different reasons. For example:
Debian only has Firefox ESR in the Bookworm repo. I want the latest mainline version.
Bazzite only offers it via Flatpak, which breaks functionality I need such as native messaging.
I see no problem installing it manually. It keeps itself updated and has caused me zero problems.