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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by xwdv on Saturday September 05, 2020 @09:37AM (#24383417)
The principles are just that, principles.

In practice though, they don’t matter for a vast majority of users, and package managers are far less hassle. Maybe it’s time for the principles to change?

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by foobarbecue on Saturday September 05, 2020 @09:41AM (#24383447)
Could you clarify "package managers are far less hassle"? Did that statement have something to do with snap? Less hassle than what?
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