On 10 Oct 2024 20:40 +0300, from pa...@seestieto.com (Henrik Ahlgren): > ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of > getting very fresh versions of certain selected pieces of software, like > Firefox (official Mozilla channel, released without any delay)
These days, Mozilla also offers a true Debian repository. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended Though I would adjust that apt pinning configuration slightly to favor only firefox and maybe thunderbird packages from their repository, instead of giving them carte blache to upgrade/replace any package. Caveats about FrankenDebian apply. https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian Also be aware of that by installing their build (including through their Flatpaks), you might not benefit from some of the changes that are made by the Debian team. _For example_, you might get the so-called "privacy-preserving" ad measurement turned on by default unless you go out of your way to turn that off preemptively. https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2024/disabling-privacy-preserving-ad-measurement-in-firefox-128/ -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
