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Ubuntu or pop! os (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Lime66 to c/[email protected]

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I'm planning on moving to linux from windows(personal) and macos(work use), although I prefer mac os, so I don't really want to use mint, and I feel like I should add that I don't care if GNOME isn't that similar to macos, I want something different, and I also use my computer for gaming

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

Why PopOS and why isn’t Ubuntu great lately? Did I miss something?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3766

Look under Snap

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Gotcha. Thanks for sharing. We’ll see what happens with Snap. I mostly use APT anyway. I had some few cases of Snap where it even wouldn’t update itself.

[–] Ultra980 20 points 1 year ago

The thing is, sometimes apt install uses snap...

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

I’m willing to bet snap is here to stay. Unless Ubuntu saw a drop in users since this was announced, and I haven’t heard anything of the sort except anecdotes.

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

Snap is important for Ubuntu’s embedded and cloud ambitions. It is not going anywhere. At least, that is my opinion.

I do not use Ubuntu ( for a few reasons - including Snap ).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why not just uninstall snap and install flatpack?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because Ubuntu will reinstall snapd during some updates and then try to replace some native apt packages to snap

[–] that_leaflet 1 points 1 year ago

The reason snap reinstalls is just due to basic dependency management, nothing sinister. Apt has a feature to stop a package, such as snap, from reinstalling if you don't want it.

Although I don't see the point in removing snap. Just uninstall the snap version of Firefox and use flatpak for whatever you want. Or if you don't like that, have fun dealing with third party packages and apt funkiness.