[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 at 23:34, <jeff at cjsa.com> wrote:

> I agree. Using the ubuntuteam ppa was the first article I ran across to
> replace the snap package.  I was just about to remove it and install
> directly from Mozilla itself when I had this idea to try the old tarball
> installation, which worked.

OK.

I still use Unity and Firefox no longer integrates with its menu bar,
so I use Waterfox instead.

This led me to discover an issue I've not seen discussed, but others
may find noteworthy.

Waterfox sadly does not have an official .deb but there is an
Appimage. I like Appimage, which for me fixes most of the issues of
both snap and flatpak.

But, and it's a big "but", while the Appimage works fine and
self-updates, which is great, it has 2 snags, one big and one small.

Small: no app icon in the Unity dock.

Big: you can't set it as the default browser because the OS doesn't
"know" it is there. It's not in the system app database.

#2 is a deal-breaker for me.

I don't know if this affects you.

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