I updated to #Ubuntu 22.04 yesterday and got a little notification that my #apt Firefox was being switched to #snap. Weird flex, but okay.
Today, when I tried to open my local #Rust documentation with `rustup doc --book`, I got a page that said that the access to the file was denied.
It turns out that #snap prevents firefox opening files in hidden folders and the best workaround is to create a symbolic link to a non-hidden folder. WTH?
https://askubuntu.com/a/1453605/853075
Zhian N. Kamvar /
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2024-03-27 18:33:19
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