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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by zentiggr on Sunday May 03, 2020 @01:31AM (#23057061)
I've not used Ubuntu but was about to search for a distro to put on a rebuild machine... I was considering Ubuntu up until I heard about this.

As a former Gentoo user, this whole Snap concept is a huge deal-breaker. I wouldn't consider Ubuntu for anything other than some thin-client/smart terminal/kiosk usage, and I'd still be wary of what gets pushed and what sort of potential holes might get opened.

> but you'll miss out on potentially critical components that are only available via snaps

REALLY shitty move.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by craftinator on Sunday May 03, 2020 @01:23PM (#23060425)
> I wouldn't consider Ubuntu for anything other than some thin-client/smart terminal/kiosk usage

Until the snap maintainer of Qt decides to upgrade you out of version compliance with your compositor and... Well, hope your kiosk doesn't do anything critical...

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