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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by northrup on Saturday September 05, 2020 @09:48AM (#24383488)
I LOATHE this direction that Canonical is taking as SNAP is such a steaming pile of shit and it’s being shoved down everyone’s throats. It’s going to be the thing that makes me abandon Ubuntu. It was a neat idea in concept, it’s been horribly executed. If I wanted what you’re trying to push Canonical I’d just rub Qubes OS. Please give SNAP the quick death it needs and deserves!
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by dheera on Saturday September 05, 2020 @11:45AM (#24384389)
Same thing they did with Unity they keep shoving at everyone. I still hate that stuff. I don't need my Linux system to be Mac-like. I'd be using a Mac if I liked Macs.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by Avamander on Saturday September 05, 2020 @12:06PM (#24384579)
Unity was actually rather good though. Snap... has a ton of problems that makes it very much not so.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by mixmastamyk on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:53PM (#24385957)
There were several misdesigns in it that they would not allow the option to change. That and other missteps always doom their projects.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by nycticorax on Saturday September 05, 2020 @12:43PM (#24384904)
The one ray of hope there is that they eventually gave up on Unity. Hopefully they will give up on snaps also...
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by GekkePrutser on Saturday September 05, 2020 @01:07PM (#24385104)
And upstart. And Mir.
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