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    Snap out of it (lemmy.zip)
    submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution's repositories?

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    [–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    I hate fucking snap. It might be enough to make me switch distros if Ubuntu keeps up with it (which I am sure they intend to).

    The continual "you have new snaps" or whatever it was message every time I'm just trying to have a web browser open made me eventually figure out how to install firefox for real on all of my computers.

    EDIT: I think you may have convinced me to try out Debian on my next OS installation.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

    They've been doing snaps for a few years already so it already seems like they're keeping up with this bullshit (in fact they're putting more and more stuff there) It's already the reason people stopped recommending Ubuntu to new users and instead go for Mint or Pop!OS

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

    The Firefox snap was the reason I left Ubuntu. (Or, the last straw, at least.) Fedora has been wonderful.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

    Make a script to extract it to /opt/local and make a symlink.

    You'll end up using it so much and it's an easier upgrade on your terms.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Try debian, they improved so much over the past decade, they're a better Ubuntu than Ubuntu now without any bullshit.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    What do you mean "improved"? Ubuntu is based on Debian.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

    It used to be really outdated and missing new applications, with a kernel 1 major version behind.

    All that is fixed, they even have good support for new architectures like riscv on par with Ubuntu.