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[-] vfye@toast.ooo 19 points 16 hours ago

Thread made by canonical employee

[-] lengau@midwest.social -3 points 16 hours ago

Lol imagine a canonical employee using nixos

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Now also throw GNU Guix, Homebrew and some AppImages in there

[-] pipows@lemmy.today -1 points 6 hours ago

Every time I need to use an Appimage I feel a little sick

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

Snap is bad. I only say this as someone who did a lot of OS security work for Linux and Unix, so take that with a grain of salt.

[-] Max820@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Would you mind explaining why? I'm genuinely curious

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 14 hours ago

snap bad indeed

[-] Atlas48@ttrpg.network 4 points 14 hours ago

I use nix like the AUR for debian.

[-] Thyrian@ttrpg.network 99 points 1 day ago

I think most snap haters mostly hate, that Canonical forces snap upon them, an wouldn't hate so much about it if they had the choice.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 14 hours ago

Yeah typing "apt install firefox" and getting the Snap version does loudly and obnoxiously disqualify Ubuntu from any devices owned by me or my family.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Thanks to snap I switched to arch. It gave a linux beginner so much drive to learn the terminal and install a harder os lol. The firefox snap was the worst shit.

[-] Shareni@programming.dev 76 points 1 day ago

Yeah, who'd hate using a package manager that increasingly slows down your boot time with every package installed, or that uses a closed source store to provide you FOSS

Maybe there's a reason canonical has to force it on their users

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago

I also hate that it creates a loopback device for every installed snap

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 day ago

There's a lot I dislike about snap. This is the thing I hate.

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[-] devilish666@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I never used snap, always use official repo > multilib > extra > chaotic aur > aur > flatpak > FUCK IT, I BUILD FROM SOURCE CODE FROM SHADY GITHUB REPO

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 23 points 1 day ago

FUCK IT, I BUILD FROM SOURCE CODE FROM SHADY GITHUB REPO_*

I feel seen.

[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 16 points 1 day ago

curl shit | sudo bash is just so convenient.

[-] alper_celik@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

The safest install method \s

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

I hope you mean https://shit.

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[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

It's a shame that snaps are forced to use Canonicals closed source backend because they are really good, and a fully snap system is a very compelling idea for immutable systems

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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

People using Linux should take their heads out of their asses sometimes and just let people enjoy things they way they prefer.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago

Fuckin preach it friend!

That's the joy of Linux, the "have it your way" approach to an OS

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago

yeah well, you can't have it your way on Ubuntu when Canonical FORCES you to use snaps (heck they even hacked apt to prefer snaps instead of debs)

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