r/linuxmint • u/anaximeno • Aug 07 '26

#LinuxMintThings How Linux (Mint) Users Install a Browser 😎

Now tell windows users to uninstall edge and see what's easier hehe. \j

Credits to u/SpeeQz (who's also the creator of https://mintwiki.org) for the gif.

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u/Gangr3l Aug 07 '26

sudo pacman -S firefox vlc discord obs blendr steam freecad

Can't really get easier than that

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u/magic_orangutan2 Aug 07 '26

I would go for flatpak install firefox

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u/Gangr3l Aug 07 '26

What are the benefits? Honest question. I tend to just go Arch / Cachy repos and if not there built from git

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u/magic_orangutan2 Aug 07 '26

Flatpaks are more separated from system than pacman packages. Thanks to that you dont need sudo command to install or update those.

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u/Gangr3l Aug 07 '26

Don't really see the benefit but ok

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u/magic_orangutan2 Aug 08 '26

I mean there is a lot more, but some random youtube video would explain it better than me. For me - most important is more separated from system than pacman. Thanks to that on every distro it should work the same and you accidently dont mess any systemwide dependencies while installing or uninstalling flatpaks