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@LaurentB45 If it were me, I'd consider forcing a 128 update so I would know when it happens and can turn off the new feature before loading any webpages.

There is a "group policy" trick you can use to preemptively disable it before it even appears, but I haven't tested this to verify it works.

13 July at 17:46 | Open on mastodon.social
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Manegiste Flou ⏚ (he/him)

@mcc I'm running Mint so have some control on the updates. But this is a valuable advice , thanks!

13 July at 17:48 | Open on mamot.fr
mcc

@LaurentB45 Actually, wait, I'm curious about this [I am an Ubuntu user currently considering switching to another distro]. How does Mint get Firefox updates? Is it through apt?

13 July at 17:49 | Open on mastodon.social
Manegiste Flou ⏚ (he/him)

@mcc I'm not Linux expert (but a decent user, with some experience in admin and IT in general), so this may not be fully exact:
- on my Mint box(es) I generally turn automatic updates off.
- I run apt update/apt upgrade regularly, and this is how I get Firefox updates.
- Currently, if I run "apt list --upgradeable" I see FF 128 is available.

Hope this helps.

@mcc I'm not Linux expert (but a decent user, with some experience in admin and IT in general), so this may not be fully exact:
- on my Mint box(es) I generally turn automatic updates off.
- I run apt update/apt upgrade regularly, and this is how I get Firefox updates.
- Currently, if I run "apt list --upgradeable" I see FF 128 is available.

13 July at 18:42 | Open on mamot.fr
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@mcc@mastodon.social @LaurentB45@mamot.fr Depends on how you installed Firefox.

a)A default Mint install has a Firefox deb package pre-installed. This is packaged by the Mint team (it's not from Ubuntu or Debian, unlike the majority of Mint's deb packages). You can update this manually through sudo apt upgrade, or through the GUI using Mint Update. Mint Update also allows you to configure automatic updates.

b)If you replace the deb Firefox with a flatpak, then the default settings on Mint will update it automatically when you boot (this can be changed). Flatpaks can also be updated through Mint Update, or manually through the CLI.

@mcc@mastodon.social @LaurentB45@mamot.fr Depends on how you installed Firefox.

a)A default Mint install has a Firefox deb package pre-installed. This is packaged by the Mint team (it's not from Ubuntu or Debian, unlike the majority of Mint's deb packages). You can update this manually through sudo apt upgrade, or through the GUI using Mint Update. Mint Update also allows you to configure automatic updates.

b)If you replace the deb Firefox with a flatpak, then the default settings on Mint will update...

13 July at 21:16 | Open on transfem.social
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