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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Thunderbird goes from DEB to snap in Ubuntu 24.04 (www.linuxadictos.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu is (mostly) based on Debian. This is simply a move by Ubuntu to further push their own packaging platform which is effectively proprietary at this time. Debian's own packaging will remain unchanged.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Excellent. Then it doesn't matter to me at least. Thank you for the reply.

Still, i don't trust, nor like the concept of the proprietorial snap system.

They must be trying to set themselves up to be purchased.