Submitted 8 months ago by leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/thunderbird-snap-in-ubuntu-24-04
Snaps are a great way to:
What a dumb, dumb idea. We already avoid debian/ubuntu because of the validation lack in the packaging, but this is just comically bad.
rolls eyes
I’ve tried a few big apps in flatpak form, and usually they’re much bigger, and noticeably (many seconds) slower to start up. (Haven’t tried one with less than 4 cores, so can only imagine they being much slower.)
You wanted to say snaps are slower, right?
Pro tip- just use Debian or LMDE.
Null@pawb.social 8 months ago
This news shouldn’t be a shock to anyone. Ubuntu is just doing what they’ve been doing all along, and that is trying to push they’re snap packages.
As long as distros give people the option/ability to install in other ways I don’t see a problem. Now if Ubuntu out right banned any other way to install apps that would be big news.
GiveOver@feddit.uk 8 months ago
If you try and use apt to install Firefox, it secretly uses snap anyway. Shit like that is a problem
umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
good news is ubuntu is pushing me to flatpaks, those still work
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 8 months ago
Yeah, I don’t see much wrong with it as long as it works as well as any other installation option and stays maintained.
Interesting thought about banning other installation methods. I can’t think of how they’d actually do any of that besides going fully immutable. 🤔
NoLifeKing@ani.social 8 months ago
Yeah as long as they don’t ban anything its ok, its easier for the normies and works pretty well.