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		thiht on April 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04 from .deb (not from snap) Genuine question : why do you even care if your app is packaged as a deb or as a snap? What does it change for you as a user?

hoppyhoppy2 on April 24, 2022 [–]

The most visible difference, even to people who don't care about software freedom or technical differences, is that the Snap version of Firefox takes a while to start after clicking on the icon, while other versions (including the Flatpak-packaged version) are zippy to start.

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