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I see people hate snap packaging and removing it if their OS support it. Is it because it's NOT fully open-source or just due to how the technology works?

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[–] mundane 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don't want something completely different, PopOS is a great, snap free, distribution based on Ubuntu. It's what Ubuntu should have been.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Mint also packages stuff that Ubuntu has rolled into snaps