box464,
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Here we go. First time attempting to use as a daily personal driver. Let's see what happens. Install was simple. Getting Firefox Developer Edition wasn't as easy as I'd hoped, but doable.

ahoyboyhoy,

@box464 what's the reason for developer edition?

box464,
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@ahoyboyhoy For me it's the additional CSS tools and validators that don't exist in the regular Firefox version. I'm horrible with CSS and it helps me debug faster than a save + refresh.

ahoyboyhoy,

@box464 maybe I'll have to see what I'm missing. The developer tools that ship standard have always worked well for me. I only used the developer edition years ago on macOS to just allow for a third browser environment.

zbecker,

@box464

Have fun. I remember when I took the plunge. I sort of lost it and after using with for all of about 5 minutes and immediately tried out tiling window managers. I specifically went with .

When I say I lost it, I mean I went too far down the rabbit hole. I don't think I'll ever come out tbh. I decided to go to my local linux users group meeting, most of those people hadn't seen anything like what I was doing before. A good chunk of them hadn't even heard of (the distro I am using) or (the Wayland compositor I use).

My point is, a lot of the major YouTube channels all preach the glory of the tiling window manager, arch linux, and the command line. You don't need to do any of that unless you want to.

Kabuku,

@box464 sweet!

ASP,
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@box464

@pop_os_official is a solid choice. Godspeed!

May i ask you what your previous may OS has been? I'm just curious where you came from and how you ended up with @pop_os_official

box464,
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@ASP @pop_os_official I use Mac and Windows for my work from home setup, but both on the same machine. Wanted to create a separate environment just for personal use.

In the past I’ve tried versions of Mint but it never quite stuck with me. I blame that on always installing with old, slower machines so it really never got a chance to shine.

PopOS came recommended by a few here on Mastodon I trust and by @veronicaexplains so thought I’d give it a shot!

ASP,
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@box464 @pop_os_official @veronicaexplains

I am quite sure that you would have a great experience with @linuxmint. It is super stable and never crashed on my daily driver.

@pop_os_official is also a very promising OS. I might give it a chance one they release their based version of the desktop.

Thanks for sharing your reasoning. 👍

dn59,

@box464 Good to see people are moving to linux I hope u enjoy the power of linux... I would suggest one cool thing use nala for installing packages using terminal, nala is the front end fir apt package manager

Can you tell process how u installed Firfox developer version I would to try that too..

box464,
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@dn59 I used this guide. Easy enough but coming from Mac/Windows just a FEW more steps than I’m used to.

https://dev.to/harrsh2124/how-to-setup-firefox-developer-edition-on-ubuntu-4inp

Also, wondered how updates would be applied since it’s not managed in an App Store and auto-updates don’t work within the app. But as @Linux_Is_Best mentioned there’s a tool for that, too. Might switch to this!

https://gitlab.com/Linux-Is-Best/Firefox-automatic-install-for-Linux

Linux_Is_Best,

@box464 @dn59 my script depends on Firefox's automatic update feature. Once you installed you can set it and forget it.

Linux_Is_Best,

@box464 Firefox Automatic Install for Linux will allow you to install any edition of Mozilla Firefox, directly from Mozilla. Moreso, choose between a personal install or a system install.

https://gitlab.com/Linux-Is-Best/Firefox-automatic-install-for-Linux

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