Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > linux.debian.user > #233894
| From | Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: ubuntu/snap future |
| Date | 2021-04-06 13:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <C0Snv-6u5-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <BZRtv-1l0-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <C0Hip-7RR-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <C0Qc1-5cV-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > Hello everybody out there! > > On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs. They just don't want to > > maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and forget" > > solution. I can't see this as anything but a bad thing, something the > > world can live without. > > Well, I do not like the way Ubuntu uses snaps, but there are some good > reasons to use something like snaps or flatpacks. > > Even with a less careful procedure to integrate and update packages > than the one of Debian (which I like), create a new package and update > one take some time. There are several examples when a user needs a bug > fix or some functionality that packages in distributions do not provide. > In such a case, without snaps or flatpacks, the user has to compile the > program, which need some technical skills and can be sometimes really > tricky. Appimages are less interesting, as you have to update them manually. > > Use parsimoniously, packages like snaps or flatpacks are something very > useful, which improve user experience even for power users. The problem > with Ubuntu is it uses way too much snaps and I do not think it is a > matter of laziness. I had occasion to install Zoom a few weeks ago;'snap install zoom-client'. Everything went smoothly and I quite like having this proprietary package strictly confined. -- Brian.
Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
ubuntu/snap future George Shuklin <george.shuklin@gmail.com> - 2021-04-03 18:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-04-03 19:00 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2021-04-06 02:00 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-04-06 03:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Yoann LE BARS <yoann@le-bars.net> - 2021-04-06 11:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-04-06 13:50 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-06 14:30 +0200
ubuntu/snap future riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-04-07 05:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-04-07 12:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 09:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 09:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 11:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 13:00 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-04-09 15:00 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 15:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 19:50 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-04-09 20:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future George Shuklin <george.shuklin@gmail.com> - 2021-04-10 16:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-04-29 02:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Yoann LE BARS <yoann@le-bars.net> - 2021-04-09 13:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 13:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Yoann LE BARS <yoann@le-bars.net> - 2021-04-09 13:50 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 14:50 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-04-09 15:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 15:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-04-09 17:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 19:00 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Yoann LE BARS <yoann@le-bars.net> - 2021-04-09 18:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 19:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 19:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 14:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 15:00 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 15:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future tomas@tuxteam.de - 2021-04-09 15:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-04-09 15:50 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-09 16:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-04-09 16:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 16:30 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 16:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Yoann LE BARS <yoann@le-bars.net> - 2021-04-09 18:20 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 19:50 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 20:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-04-09 21:40 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 22:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 14:10 +0200
Re: ubuntu/snap future George Shuklin <george.shuklin@gmail.com> - 2021-04-10 16:10 +0200
csiph-web