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If .y Firefox will once again be updated without asking me and then refusing to open any page without a restart I'll fucking lose it
Hadn't snap fixed a lot of the complaints people initially had?
Has it? My complaints are: I have to use VPN software for work that replaces /etc/resolve.conf with a symlink to another location, one that sandboxed snaps can't access. There's no way to grant them access; the "slots" that you can connect are fixed and pre-defined. You can't even configure the file path; it's defined right in the source code. Not even as a #define, but the string literal "/etc/resolve.conf". That seems like poor practice, but I guess they're not going for portability.
Also, I have /usr and /var on different media, chosen for suitability of purpose, and sized appropriately. Then, along comes snap, violating the File Hierarchy Standard by filling up /var with application software.
Minor annoyances are the ~/snap folder, and all of the mounted loopback filesystems which make reading the mtab difficult.
I think the main complaint is that it seems like Canonical is trying take control of Linux packaging. Don't they handle their stuff in a way that pretty much prevents third party 'Snap Stores'? Like, their backend being closed source and their software only accepting their own signatures?
Probably, but the stink will linger for quite a long time.
There's a burger place near my house that I use to go to almost every week. But then the quality started going down, and I stopped going there. That was two years ago. Maybe they fixed the problems, but I'm not going to know - because I no longer go there. Snap is like that.
I need nothing but apt or dnf. Miss me with that other junk.
Muh portage thoπ²
I use apt and flatpak. They both are good for what they do.
Why do you need flatpak
Because it just works. After being with computers all day fixing the insane problems that other people create I just want to come home and press buttons and have things work
ensures software support when the developer in question is a moron
I use boring Debian, so apt and older packages, and flatpak for a few programs that I want up to date.
When using certain apps I prefer them being containerized on my system. It's case-by-case for me. I keep steam containerized, my web browser containerized, etc.
But..why
In the case of steam and web browser, the containerization means I can control their access permissions via flatseal. This adds another layer of security, since they're both web-accessing applications, and it's easier than setting up a VM to run those applications.
LFS + conda
Weird way to spell pacman
laughs in Nix and NixOS
Like a bunch of old farts in a coffee shop arguing over which truck brand is better.
Yeah, but Snap is the equivalent of Tesla...
You want me to top off your coffee before you go home to take a nap?