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It's standard policy for me to uninstall snapd after every Ubuntu install

by cuteboy19 4y ago

bravetraveler 4y ago
My standard policy is to avoid Canonical
- Spivak 4y ago
  Ubuntu minus snap is to me is still worth the headache honestly. Once you write the build script that cleans up the crap you forget it was ever even there. Would I use Ubuntu as a desktop, oh hell no -- nothing is ever going to beat Fedora.
  - bravetraveler 4y ago
    Fair enough, Linux at the end of the day is Linux -- can't fault anyone for making it fit their needs Good to hear you enjoy Fedora, I do as well! I use the server variant for my stuff, unless you compile kernel modules you might find it a decent fit
    - Spivak 4y ago
      I would because hot damn does Redhat have their shit together when it comes to creating a stable cohesive system but I use Lightsail so my options are limited and I'm not touching Centos 8 since it's already EOL.
jrumbut 4y ago
I haven't used Ubuntu recently, hadn't heard of snaps, and this entire thread has been a horrifying introduction.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  The whole snap thing is clearly doomed anyway. It's got no chance of "winning" the new wave of app distribution on Linux, being easily the most-hated of the three taking any kind of similar approach (AppImage, Flatpack). Canonical just hasn't thrown in the towel yet, for whatever reason.
  - jrumbut 4y ago
    In my brief introduction to it, there seems to be an impedance mismatch between snaps and the entire philosophy of Linux (and Unix more generally). When a program tries to build it's own little world without consideration for the conventions of the operating system it creates all sorts of problems and doesn't allow the user to leverage its functions as part of a complete system like they can with programs that follow the decades old Unix patterns. What I'm saying is if Canonical wants to be in the Snaps business, perhaps they should make SnapOS.
HeckFeck 4y ago
APT: the only packager strong enough to tell the other packager where to go. Don't forget a --purge for extra wantonness.

It's standard policy for me to uninstall snapd after every Ubuntu install

bravetraveler 4y ago

My standard policy is to avoid Canonical

Spivak 4y ago
Ubuntu minus snap is to me is still worth the headache honestly. Once you write the build script that cleans up the crap you forget it was ever even there. Would I use Ubuntu as a desktop, oh hell no -- nothing is ever going to beat Fedora.
- bravetraveler 4y ago
  Fair enough, Linux at the end of the day is Linux -- can't fault anyone for making it fit their needs Good to hear you enjoy Fedora, I do as well! I use the server variant for my stuff, unless you compile kernel modules you might find it a decent fit
  - Spivak 4y ago
    I would because hot damn does Redhat have their shit together when it comes to creating a stable cohesive system but I use Lightsail so my options are limited and I'm not touching Centos 8 since it's already EOL.

jrumbut 4y ago

I haven't used Ubuntu recently, hadn't heard of snaps, and this entire thread has been a horrifying introduction.

yamtaddle 4y ago
The whole snap thing is clearly doomed anyway. It's got no chance of "winning" the new wave of app distribution on Linux, being easily the most-hated of the three taking any kind of similar approach (AppImage, Flatpack). Canonical just hasn't thrown in the towel yet, for whatever reason.
- jrumbut 4y ago
  In my brief introduction to it, there seems to be an impedance mismatch between snaps and the entire philosophy of Linux (and Unix more generally). When a program tries to build it's own little world without consideration for the conventions of the operating system it creates all sorts of problems and doesn't allow the user to leverage its functions as part of a complete system like they can with programs that follow the decades old Unix patterns. What I'm saying is if Canonical wants to be in the Snaps business, perhaps they should make SnapOS.

HeckFeck 4y ago

APT: the only packager strong enough to tell the other packager where to go. Don't forget a --purge for extra wantonness.