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Scoop is preferred as it provides versioning and user installs compared to winget which are typically machine wide and require administrative roles.
Versioned and doesn’t need admin… I’ve been happy with chocolatey, but this sounds interesting.
apt-get, bitches.And don’t forget to close the door on the way out!
I always thought apt and apt-get is the same thing so why type more when you can less?
But then again, I’m a linux noob that only uses distros like Ubuntu.
I also like the software center thing in Ubuntu because of GUI and… um… why do I see a bunch of people with pitchforks?
apt is a newer tool that combines the functionality of apt-get and apt-cache. It’s not as backwards compatible but has a nicer more human readable output
apt is a wrapper of a wrapper for dpkg.
That’s like dnf is a wrapper for yum which is a wrapper for rpm.
The real trick is to not install anything, because Firefox comes pre-installed on most Linux distros.
OUT.
This is now cool people thread.
pre-installed
You don’t use Arch, btw
Eh, Debian still ships ESR
I miss the days when they shipped Iceweasel.
And ESR kinda sucks if you want an updated browser.
You mean “pre-installed with most DEs”…
Well, I wanted to express that it may differ between distros, but fair point that Firefox won’t be pre-installed on the server flavors of those distros.
I think it’s just distros that choose if they pre-install Firefox, not DEs.
KDE on Arch didn’t install Firefox, but Kubuntu came with Firefox the last time I installed it.
sudo apt-get install bitches bitches not found🙁
You misspelled
pacmanyay your ass outta here
Get rid of that old yay yay ass haircut
Arch puns. As an Arch user, I admit this is hilarious.
I use Arch btw.
choco install
I liked the obsolete shim for that:
cinst- save some letters.Same with
cupinstead ofchoco update.I’ve just reinstated them anyway.
sudo emerge -av www-client/firefoxAre you sure you don’t want the binary?
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (24) @ 3.700GHzIt takes me like 10 minutes to compile these days :D. Before, yes.
Compiling by myself is always worth it for the
-telemetryimo
yay -S firefox
Nope, the correct way is
sudo xbps-install -Suv firefox.Check out
xifromxtools.Why, it’s not the right package name?
No, xi is just a handy script that does
sudo xbps-installwith less typing and also helps with installing local packages (ones you built with xbps-src).Oh, cool, didn’t know that, thanks 👍.
But xbps is still keeps track of installed packages, right, xi is just a script.
I was wondering where the Void guys at…
Present ✌️
I used chocolatey to install firefox…
sudo pacman -S firefox
yay -S firefox
All you need is pacman.
scoop install firefox+1 for scoop, always use it when I’m on windows.
$ flatpak install app/org.mozilla.Firefox 😎
programs.librewolf = { enable = true; extensions = with pkgs.librewolf.extensions; [ ublock-origin canvas-blocker wappalyzer user-agent-switcher ]; };Declarative NixOS config. Copy this to your nixos config file to get my exact librewolf config.
is this nixos or home manager?
they look exactly the same
It’s technically an invalid config (the extensions part), but other than that it’s using home manager.
I think NixOS, I believe in HM you declare extensions per-profile
i love you
I see you are a man of culture as well
As a dev, a declarative OPERATING SYSTEM is a literal dream. Nix shells are really nice too.
One day, one day I’ll be brave enough to use it.
Hell yeah it is
I’d never heard of librewolf until this. Why use it over firefox? Thought firefox was already privacy focused
Firefox actually has a lot of telemetry that’s opt-out rather than opt-in, and doesn’t have many privacy protections. Librewolf comes with ublock origin (which blocks trackers and annoyances as well as ads), has extreme fingerprinting protection, and has no google stuff out of the box.
Firefox has telemetry and has become adware. Mozilla VPN ads pop up every once in a while. Sponsored bullshit on the home screen. Pocket integration with recommended/sponsored content. Mozilla’s becoming what it set out to destroy unfortunately.
LibreWolf is Firefox without this garbage, plus more privacy focused defaults. Some of those defaults are rather extreme though so I recommend toning it back (such as deleting history/cookies after every session, and resist fingerprinting can screw up anything that displays time by not taking your time zone into account).
Great! Keep digging, keep asking the right questions and ultimately you will just collect enough reasons to simply not use any other browser, until something even better will appear.
Firefox is the Firefox we all really need and LibreWolf is the Firefox we deserve.
windows users installing a web browser: then vs now
maybe in a decade linus from LTT will be able to use a package manager
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=0EtgwIajVqs&t=220s
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
lol if he can use them on windows this easily he was clearly trying to fuck it up on linux
Legit me past week, had a misshap and had to reinstall windows, didn’t want the millions of installers so I just everything via winget
Is this something everyone should know to do? Or just style points for programmers?
You don’t have to know it, but it’s a good thing to know!
It’s actually easier than the other way once you learn how to use it (looking through search results to make sure it’s the official link, clicking through installers, having to think about updates, etc. vs. just opening a terminal and typing
winget install whatever).But the terminal intimidates people. So I expect this will mainly be used as an optional “tech tip” sort of thing.
using winget is a much safer and faster way to install new software. yes command prompt seems intimidating but it’s super easy, you don’t need 1337 hack0rz skillz to use it
Do you know why there are multiple packages named similar to the original ones? For example there are multiple Vim packages in the winget repository which makes it confusing.
More like sysadmins not programmers. I’ve met plenty of programmers that write brilliant code, but don’t know how to manage computers very well.
Gotcha. I don’t know the difference between all the techy jobs, you all just do various forms of magic to my muggle brain.
At the moment i like choco more than winget, so winget is now the tool to install choco???
winget uses official repos, choco uses its own community-maintained repo.
I write at the moment, because the it’s good that microsoft finally has a package manager. But even though choco is community maintained, it’s quite good and has a lot things microsoft not yet has. But what annoys me the most with winget ist, that the package names outside of the store packages have horrible names. But you are correct, official is better.
Yeah I really like choco as well, I have my little script to keep softs updated, I haven’t spent much time with winget yet. I might be wrong but I think Choco installs software in specific folders instead of the usual C:\Programs or Appdata ?
You don’t have to know how to do it unless you want to install Firefox on Windows without ever having to open Edge. In that case, this is one way to do it.
