non-snap version of FF under Ubuntu 22.04?

[Volker Wysk]

Hi Tommy.

Am Donnerstag, dem 27.04.2023 um 10:27 -0500 schrieb 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." 

I can't open local HTML files that reside outside of my home directory (and
its subdirectories). I can't open, for instance, something in /usr/local/...

Can you open files outside, or are you just referring to files in your home
directory?

I'm not an enemy of Snap, but this sucks!

> 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.
> 

Cheers,
Volker
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