[HN Gopher] How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way
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       How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way
        
       Author : nolist_policy
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2024-01-23 21:10 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
        
       | sluongng wrote:
       | I can't read the article as the ads is overwhelming.
        
         | haunter wrote:
         | How come you don't use an adblocker?
        
         | nlunbeck wrote:
         | I was waiting for the rest of the images to load, good to know
         | they were just ads (using an adblocker)
        
       | kevincox wrote:
       | Does this provide automatic updates? If not this should not be
       | recommended as it is incredibly dangerous to use a browser that
       | isn't getting updates.
       | 
       | The official instructions provide a way to subscribe to the repo
       | to get updates: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-
       | firefox-linux#w...
        
         | 38 wrote:
         | I am a professional software developer. I have had Firefox
         | updates disabled for years. I run uBlock Origin with a custom
         | JavaScript whitelist, and it works wonderfully. The only issue
         | I have is when someone is using some bleeding edge web API. in
         | 9 years, I have NEVER had a security issue due to disabled
         | updates.
         | 
         | Stop the scare tactics.
        
           | kevincox wrote:
           | Hope no page you visit contains a malicious WebP image.
        
           | dialogbox wrote:
           | > I have NEVER had a security issue due to disabled updates.
           | 
           | How can you know if there was a security issue? If you can
           | not, you can't say there was no issue.
        
       | koen_hendriks wrote:
       | Wow those ads are intrusive, could barely find the start of the
       | article let alone read it.
        
       | nolist_policy wrote:
       | One advantage of installing it this way is that touch input and
       | touchpad gestures work out of the box, since Firefox now uses
       | wayland by default.
       | 
       | Btw, to make the virtual keyboard work in Firefox (and other
       | linux apps) go to chrome://flags and enable the #crostini-
       | virtual-keyboard-support flag.
        
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