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So just follow the quick setup instructions for installing Flatpak and then you can install the Firefox Flatpak Install the Mozilla Firefox Flatpak Flatpak installs from the terminal, just let it finish! Mozilla also note that you can easily install the Firefox for Android mobile optimised browser too, but that is not same as the desktop browser so it wasn't quite what I needed.

Flatpak should be able to be enabled on most new Chromebooks once you have enabled the Linux system on your Chromebook. Mozilla suggest using Flatpak, a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, as the base from which to install Firefox on ChromeOS. Install Flatpak in Linux on ChromeOS Wait, whats Flatpak? Mozilla Firefox on ChromeOS via Flatpak.Mozilla Firefox on ChromeOS via Flatpak Installing via Flatpak Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework Mozilla Firefox for Linux works well on supported Chromebooks which by now means pretty much all brand new ones and it is easy to install. TL:DR - Chromebooks have evolved into decent developer capable computers. Assuming you have found that you have a Linux capable Chromebook or got yourself a nice new one, you'll find it quite easy to install the official Mozilla Firefox for Linux Flatpak. If not update to the latest ChromeOS to double check and if still you can't see the Linux settings, then it is time to retire your old Chromebook or use it for trips and holidays and not worry about losing it. If it has Linux under System > Advanced > Developers > Linux development environment then you are all set. You can check your Chromebooks Linux capability easily. Linux apps are a little more complicated to deal with but are worth the trouble. On a decent and recent Chromebook you can use Android apps directly from Google Play and Linux apps via the Linux system that is optionally available but very welcome not just for developer computers. You have to embrace Google accounts and ID's if you develop apps which end up on Google Play anyway so a Chromebook is as much an ideal development system for mobile apps as an equivalent Apple Mac with its Apple ID and whatnot. Mozilla Firefox on ChromeOS - via Flatpak Overview It is easy to install Firefox on a recent Chromebook!ĬhromeOS is full of capability these days, provided you can live with having a G-Suite / Google Apps based world.