• @bsergay
    link
    11 month ago

    Maybe they’ve fixed it by now but at the time of my comment the page led to the mentioned empty standard folder path you’d expect on a regular installation.

    Alright, so through the flathub remote-info --log flathub org.mozilla.firefox command, we can view which commit was active at that moment.

    Command yields:

    Firefox - Fast, Private & Safe Web Browser
    
    ID: org.mozilla.firefox
    Ref: app/org.mozilla.firefox/x86_64/stable
    Arch: x86_64
    Branch: stable
    Version: 129.0
    License: MPL-2.0
    Collection: org.flathub.Stable
    Download: 98.6 MB
    Installed: 259.6 MB
    Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/23.08
    Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/23.08
    
    Commit: 57fc35d29f0ee4915ebd903e2b9ce5497972c175cf0a6950153ec91d6f1b3e33
    Parent: 6a16f6a509340ad3bb833c9d9aa794ed78910aa43803a7420438b880aa0a6ce0
    Subject: Export org.mozilla.firefox
    Date: 2024-08-06 12:45:05 +0000
    History: 
    
    Commit: 6a16f6a509340ad3bb833c9d9aa794ed78910aa43803a7420438b880aa0a6ce0
    Subject: Export org.mozilla.firefox
    Date: 2024-07-26 13:29:41 +0000
    
    Commit: 5b92a5aa533a8f68fe1d73f3910392018c4d4bb9f4370ee0577384e101999ce8
    Subject: Export org.mozilla.firefox
    Date: 2024-07-23 14:34:25 +0000
    

    So, at the time of your comment, commit 6a16f6a509340ad3bb833c9d9aa794ed78910aa43803a7420438b880aa0a6ce0 was active and deployed on your system. Let’s find out what downgrading to this commit yields.

    Downgrading through sudo flatpak update --commit=6a16f6a509340ad3bb833c9d9aa794ed78910aa43803a7420438b880aa0a6ce0 org.mozilla.firefox, after which the about:profiles page is opened on this downgraded Firefox yields:

    The beautiful part is that, as Flatpak is containerized anyways, anyone can downgrade to the earlier commit and it yields the exact same result. So, please feel free to verify this for yourself.

    So, as a result, if the logic and the appliance is sound, then this showcases that your claim is either still true and portrays an anomaly -which I would deem as highly unlikely- or it’s simply false and you were just mistaken.

    Finally, if I’ve messed up at any of the steps, then please feel free to correct me.

    • DarkThoughts
      link
      fedilink
      11 month ago

      My guy, I don’t need to verify anything. I know what I saw. I literally clicked the open directory button too which just would lead me to the standard profile directory too. There’s 100% no mistaking it, as I have done this process countless of times over the past couple decades. Maybe it is the same weird way that the audio applet in the sys tray did not work at first and didn’t show any devices or apps, and how the audio system settings didn’t default properly for some games to the correct audio device - until they did some days later. If they had something like virtualbox in the repos I would’ve maybe installed the image I have on my usb stick again in a VM, but I’m not gonna through the process of wiping my installation again just to prove a point to some random rude asshole.

      • @bsergay
        link
        11 month ago

        Aight, so you didn’t like my methodology. That’s fine; I’ve got no qualms with putting in the work. So, if you allow me, I would like to propose the following:

        • Option 1. Somehow grant me access to the exact image you used. This could be done in multiple ways:
          • Either, just send me the link from which you downloaded it yourself.
          • Or, send it over to me through whichever file sharing/hosting solution you enjoy.
        • Option 2. Getting VirtualBox to work on Bazzite is most likely a huge pain in the ass. Therefore, if it’s fine with you, I could help you install virt-manager (if you even need any help with that). Furthermore, FWIW, it’s worth noting that (GNOME) Boxes should work as well. It’s relatively simple, though. Thankfully, at least installing it is as easy as flatpak install org.gnome.Boxes*.