florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agoAnnouncing Faster, Lighter Firefox Downloads for Linux with .tar.xz Packaging!blog.nightly.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down16
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkAnnouncing Faster, Lighter Firefox Downloads for Linux with .tar.xz Packaging!blog.nightly.mozilla.orgflorencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·22 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.