Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

I’m sure that I’ve set the apt preferences according to Mozilla’s article. I’ll have to wait and see until a new update arrives to Firefox.

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

This explains situation.

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

Since when this became a known thing? I’m aware that the snap version is installed when the user is trying to install the deb version of Firefox by running,

sudo apt install firefox

But I never heard that the installed DEB version of Firefox is replaced by Snap version of Firefox.

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

My problem is not like that. I’m aware that when the user runs(without adding Mozilla’s apt repository),

sudo apt install firefox

the snap version of Firefox is installed. But I never heard that, though APT is configured to install Firefox from Mozilla’s repository, the DEB version will be uninstalled and the Snap version will be installed.

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

I’m aware that when the user runs(without adding Mozilla’s apt repository),

sudo apt install firefox

the snap version of Firefox is installed. But I never heard that, though APT is configured to install Firefox from Mozilla’s repository, the DEB version will be uninstalled and the Snap version will be installed.

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

I’m aware that when the user runs(without adding Mozilla’s apt repository),

sudo apt install firefox

the snap version of Firefox is installed. But I never heard that, though APT is configured to install Firefox from Mozilla’s repository, the DEB version will be uninstalled and the Snap version will be installed.

@sourov@lemm.ee · 2M

After creating a fresh installation of Ubuntu 24.04, I installed DEB Firefox from APT by following Mozilla's instructions from [here](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux). But I noticed that it was secretly replaced with Snap Firefox. I was able to verify this by checking the About Firefox page. This is the third time I noticed this.