Upgrade bitch session.
As some of you may know who have tried and upgrade to Kubuntu 13.04, there is an extremely annoying Firefox bug that makes users want to throw the computer across the room. This is especially annoying if you have previously install Firefox.
A little background.
You think, I'll try the newest upgrade; it's been tested and should be usable. You choose Installation Upgrade rather than fresh install. You wait the hours it takes to download. You check the computer when it keeps asking you questions. You restart the computer and (for some, there's that lovely watermark saying your hardware is unsupported--another story, and then) you start Firefox from the same icon that's been in the same place for months. However, for some reason Muon starts because firefox.desktop is linked to kubuntu-firefox-installer. On top of that, there is a bug in the installer. The installer crashes and leaves a mess. Your previous installation won't start either.
The first question is why has a program (Firefox Installer) that has been working, now no longer working. The second is, if I'm doing an Upgrade, why has it overwritten my installed Firefox with the Firefox Installer. Keep in mind this is a beta upgrade. New users don't, or really shouldn't, install a beta release. Why would an upgrade of this type even default to this. Either you are a Firefox user and already have it install, or you don't use Firefox and don't plan to.
Please feel free to comment. Let's just keep it civil. I really hope someone from Ubuntu or Canonical read this. I await an explanation.
A little background.
You think, I'll try the newest upgrade; it's been tested and should be usable. You choose Installation Upgrade rather than fresh install. You wait the hours it takes to download. You check the computer when it keeps asking you questions. You restart the computer and (for some, there's that lovely watermark saying your hardware is unsupported--another story, and then) you start Firefox from the same icon that's been in the same place for months. However, for some reason Muon starts because firefox.desktop is linked to kubuntu-firefox-installer. On top of that, there is a bug in the installer. The installer crashes and leaves a mess. Your previous installation won't start either.
The first question is why has a program (Firefox Installer) that has been working, now no longer working. The second is, if I'm doing an Upgrade, why has it overwritten my installed Firefox with the Firefox Installer. Keep in mind this is a beta upgrade. New users don't, or really shouldn't, install a beta release. Why would an upgrade of this type even default to this. Either you are a Firefox user and already have it install, or you don't use Firefox and don't plan to.
Please feel free to comment. Let's just keep it civil. I really hope someone from Ubuntu or Canonical read this. I await an explanation.
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