The exact same thing happens with the 13.04 -> 13.10 updater. I already had Firefox running. From the Release Notes window, clicking To see what's new in this release, visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features brings up same alert about Chromium, and starts a new Firefox window running as root.
This also happens when you click the other links in the Release Notes window, e.g. "community/participate". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1174007 Title: release upgrader launches browser as root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1174007/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
