non-snap version of FF under Ubuntu 22.04?

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:26 PM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> Is there a third-party repo with current version of Firefox for Ubuntu
> 22.04?
> I don't really want to run the snapd version (and no I am not really
> interested in either Chrome or Chromium either). (There are a number of
> problems with that, including not being able to load random local HTML
> files.)
>

As others have said, I use Firefox snap and I've had no problem opening
"random local HTML files." UNLESS you actually mean you want it to RANDOMLY
open local HTML files; that might be a challenge. :-)

I don't intend to be incendiary, but I hope ALL of the folks avoiding
snaps, particularly Firefox, will regularly fire up a VM or bootable image
of Ubuntu and try the latest. The developers (and related infrastructure
folks) addressed most of MY concerns a few versions ago, so I've been
mostly happily using the snap version of Firefox for a while now. I
even use it "seamlessly" with KeePassXC's browser extension. With
the latest snapd you get more control over when snap updates occur, if
that's your concern. The startup delay issues have been addressed very
nicely, I think.

For folks still avoiding snaps on "principle," then please consider, why
use Ubuntu? If another distro is running in front of you, then please
consider building better support for your preferred distro instead of
bad-mouthing snaps here.
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