The snap situation seems like a travesty. For example, the Firefox that's installed by default on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS can't save pages or images. I had to google for how to install the non-snap version, and that fixed it.
apt-get purge snapd --yesInterestingly, snap has a service that self-heals, so that if one tried to hack it, it will overwrite the changes. That's... quite malwarish, I'd say, and very unusual in the Unix world.
Regarding hacking it: it's necessary because once snapd is installed, the ubuntu upgrader will sync on every update, so snap is not a service that can be just disabled.
Personally, I've switched to a plain old .tar.gz extracted in a folder to fix Canonical's snap obsession because Snap'd Firefox doesn't play nice with some debuggers I was using. Same with Chromium; quite a pain.
Had similar problems before, so I guessed it was some snap bullshit. This page seemed to confirm it https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1290489
Followed the instructions here https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-d... , and then it worked as normal.
I nuked Ubuntu and installed Arch.
Microsoft and Windows are totally safe for now+15 years.
Saving files and images both work for me.
Out of curiosity, how did you do it? I ended up downloading the firefox tar from their website and setting that the default browser. Could not find any trustworthy deb packages.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w...
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-d...
This method will:
- Install from the Mozilla PPA.
- Automatically update Firefox.
- Let you install third party integrations (I needed keepassxc).
Side bonus: I'm also not getting the annoying "You need to update Firefox popups" that are super cryptic and don't explain that you apparently need to close Firefox then, I don't know, wait a few minutes, I guess, for stuff to update in the background.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-d...
what do you mean?