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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by noncoml on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:35PM (#23052855)
There is. Don’t install Ubuntu. Use Debian.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by ip26 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @01:26PM (#23053334)
The above might come across as flip, but I think it's actually spot on. Why would a mission critical or metered-connection-only machine be running the latest Ubuntu desktop anyway? Match the tool to the job.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by indigodaddy on Saturday May 02, 2020 @01:31PM (#23053391)
It usually wouldn’t even be running Debian. More likely CentOS/RHEL/Suse or a Solaris.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by noncoml on Saturday May 02, 2020 @01:33PM (#23053400)
That's the beauty of Linux Distros. We are spoiled for choice.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by SomeoneFromCA on Saturday May 02, 2020 @01:50PM (#23053533)
Or even, gasp, *BSD.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by curt15 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:34PM (#23053859)
Google rebased their in-house workstation OS from Ubuntu to Debian a few years ago. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-moves-to-debian-for-in-... I wonder if snaps a contributing factor.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by ashtonkem on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:04PM (#23053639)
Ubuntu has a real problem here; Desktop Linux users are much more mobile than other OS users. If you’ve installed Ubuntu, you’re fully capable of installing at least Debian, and probably any other Linux distro.
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