snap snap snap…

Every few weeks, I get a warning from Firefox (my default browser) that an update is not implemented. This is due to Ubuntu 22.0 adopting the snap technology for handling its packages and their updates. Supposedly helping with handling versions and dependences. This update can be done with the line command

sudo snap refresh firefox

which remains long enough in the history file for me to cut&paste it the next time the warning appears, but it is mildly annoying when all other updates are automatically handled by Discover.

technical steps

After procrastinating as much as feasible, I switched at last to (K)Ubuntu 22.04, Jammy Jellyfish, after security updates stopped for the 20.04 version. While this proceeded mostly without hiccups, the upgrade stalled when upgrading Firefox, which I had foolishly left open. When I turned it off and completed the upgrade, this erased all of my Firefox personal profile… Rather than copying my latest backup, I recovered most of the Firefox profile by syncing from another computer, although that. This was (recklessly) the very day before I flew to KAUST and, upon arriving there, I found out the associated version of beamer (3.65) had an issue, with colours (xcolor). Problem that I brute forced by downloading all files of the latest version (3.70), since a direct upgrade of beamer did not seem feasible… I have now recovered most of my (updated) passwords and my favourite commands are again running. (As a coincidence, I also recently bought a Garmin watch for training, which definitely helps for faster sessions—with possibly side effects on my cycling trips as I am trying to raise my average speed—although I  find the battery life ridiculously small.)

stack overflow on strike

keep thunderbird alive!

banned from the Linux kernel