71
Valve seeing increasing bug reports due to Steam Snap - other methods recommended
(www.gamingonlinux.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
71 points (98.6% liked)
PC Gaming
9354 readers
1039 users here now
For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki
Rules:
- Be Respectful.
- No Spam or Porn.
- No Advertising.
- No Memes.
- No Tech Support.
- No questions about buying/building computers.
- No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
- No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
- No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
- Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Why do people even use Snaps? Is their any advantage to it?
Sometimes you specifically try to install the non-snap version, and Ubuntu just says "no, you're getting snap". There was a kerfuffle about Ubuntu and chrome a while back.
There is sometimes an "advantage" in being able to user a new version with your OS than you would otherwise, or not needing to try to find/download dependencies.
The downside is that it's slower, they take up more room, they have issues when the program needs to talk to other programs, and that Canonical is creating a weird walled garden.
...also, if you want something similar-ish to snaps, with the same upside and with less downsides, use flat-packs.
...but honestly, just install the actual program.
It's the easiest way to let Canonical fuck you in the ass!
If they don't know much about Linux then they will be duped into using it: Ubuntu guides users towards it.
Ever since the Ubuntu/Amazon thing I have tried to steer people towards Mint or just plain old Debian. People moving away from locked down/commercialized OSs shouldn't have to deal with Canonical right out of the gate.