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Maybe it's a thing for linux on the desktop, but my time isn't worthless so I don't do linux on the desktop.
Those arguments are always from very tech saavy people.
They are a good exemple of purity over practicality, completly ignoring all the problems apt/yum have for the average user or dev publishing software.
If you are looking for reasons as why Linux on the destkop never happen, well, this is one of them.
I had been an Ubuntu user for almost 16 years, on servers, laptops, and recently containers. The snap situation with Ubuntu is just plain unpalatable, both in principal and in practice. I became so disappointed in the move by Canonical that I finally left Ubuntu altogether and no longer recommend it to friends and colleagues. It takes years to cultivate a garden, but only minutes to destroy it.
Launching Chrome: I click the Chrome icon.
Launching PrusaSlicer: Start a terminal and type
chmod 755 ~/Downloads/PrusaSlicer-2.2.0+linux-x64-202003211856.AppImage
~/Downloads/PrusaSlicer-2.2.0+linux-x64-202003211856.AppImage
You people do realize that snaps have been around for 4 years right? It has widespread first party support from various companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Mozilla, Google, Spotify, JetBrains etc... They have wide spread adoption with almost 10x the install base of Flatpaks. Do you guys really need to keep throwing blogs at something which isn't going away and is useful to users? How is this useful in anyway? Cano…
However I can't agree with this:
> apt/deb is a wonderful package management system and everyone is happy with it, at least the majority of Ubuntu/Debian users. Besides, dnf/rpm is also a similar packaging system for Fedora/RH systems and everyone is happy with that too.
Debs and rpms are great at assembling tightly coupled monolithic systems. Great! Let's keep using them for the base system. However when I want to install a QT app on a Gnome system or gasp a proprietary app, Debs are insufficient. I want all of the QT libs embedded in the package. I want the proprietary app in a container. I want MAC with a polished UX. I don't want debs to worry about those features. I want an "app store" done right: open yet verifiable. Protection in depth.
I wasn't keen on using a derivative distro of a derivative distro; thought of using Debian but wasn't very confident if the issues won't persist on it. Considering everything just works perfectly with Pop!_os, I might just stick with it.
Ubuntu was such a breath of fresh air at the beginning (I still remember Dapper Drake). It is sad to see it going this way.
You people do realize that snaps have been around for 4 years right? It has widespread first party support from various companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Mozilla, Google, Spotify, JetBrains etc... They have wide spread adoption with almost 10x the install base of Flatpaks. Do you guys really need to keep throwing blogs at something which isn't going away and is useful to users? How is this useful in anyway? Cano…
This feels very natural to what Apple, Google and Microsoft do on their OS. But Canonical seems to have forgotten that such behavior is what drove a lot of people to Linux. It is never going to be accepted. Nor it should be.
You people do realize that snaps have been around for 4 years right? It has widespread first party support from various companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Mozilla, Google, Spotify, JetBrains etc... They have wide spread adoption with almost 10x the install base of Flatpaks. Do you guys really need to keep throwing blogs at something which isn't going away and is useful to users? How is this useful in anyway? Cano…
Do you really want the answer to that...
There are people who would loudly insist that there should be nothing but a kernel and Stallman's FAQ.
I think there are some very good critiques of snap (performance, provenance, reproducibility, namespacing, etc), and the first couple points in this article seem reasonable. However I can't agree with this: > apt/deb is a wonderful package management system and everyone is happy with it, at least the majority of Ubuntu/Debian users. Besides, dnf/rpm is also a similar packaging system for Fedora/RH systems and everyon…
I had been an Ubuntu user for almost 16 years, on servers, laptops, and recently containers. The snap situation with Ubuntu is just plain unpalatable, both in principal and in practice. I became so disappointed in the move by Canonical that I finally left Ubuntu altogether and no longer recommend it to friends and colleagues. It takes years to cultivate a garden, but only minutes to destroy it.