[xubuntu-users] Away from snap ...

[Marc Coevoet]

Op 18-01-2026 om 21:19 schreef Victor Forberger:
> Your Firefox and Thunderbolt preferences are stored in your home 
> directory under .mozilla and .thunderbolt
> 
> See https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/firefox-147-released for firefox 
> about recent changes with a new installation of Firefox 147.
> 
> The location of these files under the snap installation is:
> 
> ~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla
> ~/snap/thunderbird/common/.thunderbird
> 
> -Victor


Yes, I know, for thunderBIRD, no problems, but for firefox I see the 
version is 140.7 (esr) and 147.0.1(snap) and the old version does not 
want to load the prefs map of the newer one, even not with the setting
MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1 firefox -P

or
MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1
in *ini files

If I would have the passwords, the visited sites, bookmarks nd open tabs 
(for me about 20+), that would be great again.

I will look at mint, if these things persist, as the snap method make me 
think of a system that will install all libs multiple times, will 
overwrite some config files for one app, and make the system unhappy.


Marc
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