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Even without the specific downsides of snap that you've noted, having two parallel package managers that each have zero visibility into each other feels like su
by sq_ 6y ago
Even without the specific downsides of snap that you've noted, having two parallel package managers that each have zero visibility into each other feels like such an antipattern and UX failure to me. Needing to use two different tools to figure out what's actually installed on my system annoys me to no end, and, like you, it's pretty much caused me to abandon the *buntus at this point.
- cies 6y agoTo have pretty much all my 3rd party software installed through one system was really great! I remember installing a Linux in 30mins and a Windows in 5hours. What distro did you run to?
- sq_ 6y agoI ended up heading off to Arch. I've always enjoyed messing around with nonstandard desktop setups, and it was really appealing for that because of the lean default system that Arch provides, along with the availability of so much software through the AUR. One perk of the AUR (although it does come with some security concerns, etc.) is that you can use one of several package managers to handle both it and the standard repositories under one framework, dealing with exactly the issue I had with snap without needing PPAs and the like.