Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 2:47 PM <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 06:26:37PM +0000, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> > On 10 Oct 2024 20:40 +0300, from pablo@seestieto.com (Henrik Ahlgren):
> > > ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of
> > > getting very fresh versions of certain selected pieces of software, like
> > > Firefox (official Mozilla channel, released without any delay)
> >
> > These days, Mozilla also offers a true Debian repository.
> >
> > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended
>
> I don't really trust Mozilla that much anymore. I use it because
> the alternatives are even worse, but it feels a bit like the frog
> preheater.
>
> It seems I'm not the only one:
>
>   https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/10/mozillas-ceo-doubles-down-on-them-being-an-advertising-company-now/

Lol... That's been the course for years now. Mozilla almost lost their
non-profit status because they were making so much money from their
Google partnership:
<https://techcrunch.com/2008/11/19/google-makes-up-88-percent-of-mozillas-revenues-threatens-its-non-profit-status>.

Jeff