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    [–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I don't like them, but I'd like to remind my fellow Canonical-Haters to not become User-Haters instead. It's okay to have preferences, but let's not antagonise each other.

    That said, flatpak > compiling from source > writing from scratch > writing with binary editor > not having it at all > snap

    [–] tsugu 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    That is pretty funny. However the "not having it at all" mfs suddenly reconsider when it's the only way to install an app. I for example maintain the 4K Video Downloader Plus snap and the only other installation method is a .deb. In the stats I can see many other distros than just Ubuntu. I think it's the ideal packaging format for apps that should stay up to date at all time, even if the system isn't.

    [–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

    However the "not having it at all" mfs suddenly reconsider when it's the only way to install an app.

    I mean, if you want the app badly enough, I guess "not having it" slips down in the ranking. I have yet to find a single app I wanted enough to put snap on my system though. So far, I've found Flatpaks, AppImage, RPM packages or source code for everything I need.

    Look, I don't wanna argue about the advantages or disadvantages of it. My beef isn't with snap as a technology, but with Canonical's practices, and rather than railing against them, I decided to skip town and find some distro where I'm not fighting my vendor.

    [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other, but I love your snap hate 🀣

    [–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Honestly, most of my hate is with the sn-apt switchup where using apt would install snaps instead of the debs I naively assumed I'd get. I don't wanna argue about the format or the utility of a single centrally maintained package store. I also still think Ubuntu is a good entry point for Linux newbies.

    [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

    I hate that apt installs something other than debs so much. That's super annoying. And I agree, I don't really care but don't change expectations, if ubuntu thinks snap is better, then transition to snap with its own toolset, don't bastardize the current toolset.