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[–] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am sure there will be a aur package soon bundling this deb into a arch package. So nothing to worry about (for the good package managers)

[–] hottari@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Hehehe. What about RPM users? This fragmentation in Linux packaging robs users of choice.

Would rather have Firefox setup a repository for the nightly channel, after all they official maintain the stable channel on Flathub.

That way everyone benefits from the utility.