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Ubuntu trying to install snap AND Firefox even though I have removed them a year back (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just tried to upgrade Ubuntu and I suddenly see that new packages want to be installed; snapd and firefox. I don't need Firefox because I'm already using Firefox-ESR as a deb and I certainly don't need snaps.

Why is Ubuntu doing this? I get it you like snaps but I don't, so don't try to force install it. I had to use apt-mark hold to block the install of snapd and firefox. This is also not an isolated incident. I just checked Reddit and someone made a thread 8 hours back regarding the same issue.

This thing is giving me Microsoft vibes.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Every *buntu has been forced to comply, they took longer but now they are all aligned in this "Snap-it-all, don't support Flatpak" approach.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Define "forced to comply". I understand Canonical can do anything with Ubuntu, which is why this random forced snap install happened.

But do they have similar authority over the rest of the bunch?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As per this article, it seems like Canonical finally had to specifically enforce it on the remixes, and required them to comply with the "new rules".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It sounds like that's just part of the game if you want to be considered "official".

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecognizedFlavors

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

Ah too bad... I liked KDE.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

KDE neon is your place. Or Debian with KDE, or Fedora KDE, or Arch with KDE...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't know about them, thank you for the heads-up.

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

Your choice of desktop environment is totally independent from your choice of distribution. You can always change it to what you prefer.

I bet you could even run KDE Neon (KDE's own distribution) with Gnome if you wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, always something new to discover. I didn't know KDE had their own distribution! I'll check that out. Cheers.