Someone needs to make a new distro off of Ubuntu and call it "nosnapuntu"/"desnapuntu" or some shit like that where they only remove snaps completely and just keep releasing it.
It's... Debian?
Ubuntu is based on Debian which doesn't have snap by default AFAICT from bookworm/unstable. In fact it's precisely why I switched back recently. Going from Debian to Ubuntu and now Debian again due to excessive bloatware and "worst" ways to deliver it IMHO.
Aaah, good old debian. I've used it for at least 3 years straight and never had a single issue. It was so stable that it got freaking boring. Lmao. It has a special place in my heart. I remember switching to sid and it was still freaking stable as ever.
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Ubuntu tries to be baught from Microsoft. They need one centralized (unfree) way of income to get money out of their customers. This is the reason for snap, their proprietary AppStore.
Tldr? Leave you fools. Leave!
Intriguing speculation. First Github, then Ubuntu.
I used to love trying every new Ubuntu release. Then snap came along. :( After 17 years of Ubuntu (6.04-23.10), with only a few years of centos in the middle, I switched back to Debian. I see this release is still all-in with snap. Lame.
I went from using slackware late 90s early 00 to Mac OSX in early/mid 00. When coming back to Linux late 00 early 10s I was so disappointed in the Linux distros. I tried Ubuntu but was very disappointed in the lack of newer versions of third party software in their repo. Tried Arch for a while and while packages were up to date, every now and then the OS updates would mess something up and I had to start troubleshooting.
It might be better now, but I eventually gave up and went to FreeBSD about 10 years ago. Stable base and separate up to date third party feels like the best of both worlds. Not sure if any llinux distro offers something like that now. No snap, no flatpack, just a base os and up to third party date packages.
I am not here to convince you, but if you happen to look at Linux again, check out Void.
Arch, but it's tested (no dis to arch here... Just a fact).
I don't know much about BSD, but apparently it's an hybrid of Linux and BSD. The Void creator is an NetBSD dev.
Not the best source, but here: https://itsfoss.com/void-linux/
Looks interesting. I do have a Linux machine for work due to software requirements. I will have a look at void.
Meh....
Snap.
Shrug.
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