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Re:Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages by the_af on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @04:59PM (#23774171)
Oh. If there is no Chromium apt package, isn't the following from TFA (lwn) misleading?

> The problem was the decision to change the Ubuntu chromium-browser APT package itself upstream in Ubuntu. Previously, that package would simply install Chromium directly. With the change, it would instead install the Snap package-management tools first and then install the Snap equivalent of the Chromium package — without making it clear to the user what was happening.

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Re:Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages by zerocrates on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:41PM (#23776181)
There is a Chromium package in the Ubuntu apt repositories, which installs Chromium through snap.

I just use the Chrome apt repository from Google which seems simpler all around.

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