Firefox can't download anything

[eternien]

Hi, i just have my Steam Deck today, i manage to have Firefox on it, but i can't download anything.
Is there a setting to check or something like that ?

[Reverse Module]

Firefox is the default browser in SteamOS. You should be able to download things by default so something is wrong. Anyway this is a permission problem most probably.

In order to undesrtand how SteamOS works you need to look into Flatpaks. Faltpaks is a packaging format for Linux. It's completely containerized from the rest of the system. So in case you install a virus in an ap you simply uninstall the app and the virus is gone (as an example).

Flatseal is an app on the Discover Store in SetamOS Desktop mode to manage Flatpak permissions for any app. Simply download it and give Firefox access to to the Downloads folder or wherever you want to download stuff.

As an advice, in Linux you ONLY should use the App Store to install apps. Windows apps won't work out of the box anyway. Look into Bottles if you want to run some Windows app.

[Lala Satalin Deviluke]

also if u didnt modify anything out of box and used firefox in desktop mode, once u sign in, u should be ok, but as said its a permissions problem most likely, since u didnt explain ur problem well enough, best guess is u dont have ur account on pc synced will what u want on steam deck, u can select on pc firefox what u want synced then update to sync on steam deck then deselect said options

[thetargos]

FF is now a flatpak, IIRC, as such, you need to give it permissions tondownload or rather write to ~/Downloads/, go to desktop, open Discover and install Flatseal. Open Flatseal in Desktop, select FF, and enable full acess to FF to ~/

BTW ~/ means /home/deck/

[eternien]

Ok, thank you all, for your precious advices, i'm only used to Windows so a different OS with its own rules and terms makes me in discovery mode like a newbie, which is kind of a weird feeling.