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I switched to Pop_OS precisely because it doesn't support snaps. Snap is arguably half-free : the server isn't free at all, no working free implementation exist

by wazoox 6y ago

I switched to Pop_OS precisely because it doesn't support snaps. Snap is arguably half-free : the server isn't free at all, no working free implementation exists. Therefore I don't want any snaps. Flatpak is OK. This is all part of a sneaky attempt to get free software in control: Microsoft grabbing more and more power in the Linux Foundation, RMS ousted from the FSF, GitHub becoming more and more central as a default go-to-hosting (beware of Github!)... All of these are part of a dangerous trend of appropriation and control by well-known monopolists. Don't fall for it. The GAFAM aren't nice guys.

ancarda 6y ago
>beware of Github! I've been slowly moving off GitHub to SourceHut, and it's been a breath of fresh air knowing that not only is all the software free (so you can self host) but the maintainer (Drew DeVault) is also quite committed to keeping it that way. I feel like I'm in safe hands. Thankfully it's not yet another GitHub clone, but built around git+email -- so it's far more decentralized by nature. https://sourcehut.org/ https://sourcehut.org/