What are the most common reasons users leave Ubuntu other distros?

rclark · 01-23-2024, 12:30 PM

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For example: because the user does not want to register for esm updates.

Why would you want to? I am against registering for 'anything' myself. KUbuntu continues to run just fine without esm. Registering is one of the reasons I have no running M$ OS systems around here. As soon as something asks me to sign up before installing ... It's a no go for me. Automatic updates was my other pet peeve of mine, and the 'must reboot'.... At least Linux in general allow me to pick and choose what and when to update and reboot.

JASlinux · 01-24-2024, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by enigma9o7

...the mozilla team ppa supports modern firefox on ubuntu 16.04. Or the official Mozilla apt repo:

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# Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null

# Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null

And yes, snaps work if you want to go that way too.

Hello enigma9o7,

I am not technical but am from Willow Glen (SJ).

My goal with the browser is to preserve RAM in LIVE mode (not installed), so what I really what is a standalone version of Firefox (which is reasonable, they exist) in Ubuntu 16.

I use Puppy more where the task is easier because it runs as root by default, but I have to learn how to successfully execute a standalone in Ubuntu. It is not as straightforward as it seems.

If you were using Lubuntu 16 on a 32-bit device, where would you look for a Firefox snap newer than 65? This would be my first snap attempt.

fatmac · 01-24-2024, 11:40 AM

Maybe check here - https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo...esktop-release

rokytnji · 01-24-2024, 12:20 PM

Dropping 32 bit support probably lost them a few users.
Probably also did not help that 18.04 lts is the last minimal release.
Used to be 32 bit Mint fluxbox isos, 32 bit Ubuntu spinoffs. Not no more.

enigma9o7 · 01-24-2024, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JASlinux

Hello enigma9o7,

I am not technical but am from Willow Glen (SJ).

My goal with the browser is to preserve RAM in LIVE mode (not installed), so what I really what is a standalone version of Firefox (which is reasonable, they exist) in Ubuntu 16.

I use Puppy more where the task is easier because it runs as root by default, but I have to learn how to successfully execute a standalone in Ubuntu. It is not as straightforward as it seems.

If you were using Lubuntu 16 on a 32-bit device, where would you look for a Firefox snap newer than 65? This would be my first snap attempt.

I live south of Little Saigon in SJ, I know where Willow Glen is.

I don't think firefox will let you run as root, certainly shouldn't.

I've never used snaps, so can't help you there. Pretty sure they're available from the ubuntu software center tho, but that wouldn't help you with your standalone idea...

I suspect the binary version of firefox you can download direct from mozilla would work best for your use case. You'd have to extract it, but then you could just run it without any desktop integration/installation. If you're using a live iso, but have firefox extracted on another disk, you'd lose your profile every time unless you wrapped a script around it to set your profile to go to that disk too instead of under $HOME, but if you dont care about that or extensions, could ignore and use clean profile every time.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/linux/
https://download-installer.cdn.mozil...-122.0.tar.bz2

anthonyforwood · 02-01-2024, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JASlinux

One question I have is about 'the backend', i.e., how much bloat is system vs. unnecessary apps?

You can get a good idea of that by using the Disk Usage Analyzer in the Utilities box.