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My reaction when I find out Ubuntu is only going to use Snaps (i.imgur.com)
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[–] prlang 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait is this true? They can’t be replacing apt with snaps all the way… I’ve been using Ubuntu for a decade plus and this would force me to switch

[–] ikidd 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] prlang 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the link. Read the article and it’s just them kicking debs out of the App Store I don’t use anyways. Still a terrible trajectory…

[–] FlexibleToast 8 points 1 year ago

If I was into the Ubuntu ecosystem I think I would be on Pop OS mainly to avoid snaps.

[–] InverseParallax 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah they are, just go debian, it's ubuntu before they went full Hodor.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Debian also got a lot quicker with updates. They are not as "oldschool" as they've been a few years ago with the packages being always years behind. They still have the Debian way of thinking (tested > on the edge) but it's months and not years of waiting for new updates to be implemented in their official sources

[–] bighi 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re not.

Please read the news before spreading misinformation.

[–] InverseParallax 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ubuntu’s Director of Engineering says the new hub will be a “snap-first app store” designed around snap metadata. If the same piece of software exists in the Ubuntu repository and the snap store the new store will only make it possible to install the snap version.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/ubuntu-23-10-new-app-store-deb-support

Their plan is to put out more snaps and drown out debs, which is a terrible plan.

[–] bighi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even your link says they’re NOT replacing the apt command with snaps. And yet above you said they were.

The snaps-only thing is in the store.

So I say again: they’re NOT turning apt into a snap-only thing. Please read news carefully before spreading fake news.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try installing Firefox via APT and watch it install a snap package.

[–] bighi -1 points 1 year ago

Still doesn’t mean every apt package is becoming a snap. Firefox is more of an “exception that proves the rule”.

And since you’re so desperately grasping at straws here, I won’t keep feeding this conversation.