From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   RonB wrote:   
   > I installed Firefox using "sudo apt install firefox" and it   
   > installed as a Snap.   
      
   I don't know why that would (should) be; my default LL does not have   
   snap installed in the default live.   
      
   If I use the LL software manager, to install firefox it goes to the Ub   
   repo/s to install Ffx, which Ub package installs the snap/snapd   
   ecosystem (in order to) install Ub's firefox.  That's pretty crazy. I   
   don't believe that should happen 'that way' without giving permission to   
   install the snap/snapd.   
      
   If I install ffx that way and check on snap again, NOW I see the Ub   
   snap/snapd 2.73 installed.   
      
   If I reboot my live LL to get back to the default and use synaptic   
   (which I prefer for its informative features) and search and hit   
   firefox, synaptic informs me that is a transitional dummy package and   
   that firefox is now replaced by the firefox snap.   
      
   In my LM, the firefox package does NOT come from the Ub repo/s; instead   
   it comes from the mint repo/s.   
      
   If I want to be able to add a 'proper' ffx to LL, I would go to the   
   mozteam ppa where I can add the repo for the ffx or ffx-esr v/s 147.0.3   
   or 140.7 resp and avoid the sneaky snap/d attack.   
      
   https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.ser   
   es_filter=noble   
      
   Even then, the .ppa site pushes a 'newer v which is a snap.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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