Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it
by wyclif on Saturday September 05, 2020 @10:14PM
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Debian Sid is also a great option for people who used to be into the bleeding edge Linux distro scene but can settle for Debian's more conservative version of it.
Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it
by dabockster on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:12AM
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I've been loving Pop OS! lately. It feels like a "what if" version of Ubuntu had they not spent years pushing Unity, Snap, and their other side projects and just focused on the distro. Super responsive and easy to use, regardless of if you're using free or proprietary software.
Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it
by clankyclanker on Saturday September 05, 2020 @10:38PM
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In my dotage, I’ve come to appreciate the Debian Stable cadence: I can just set it and forget it for a year at a time. The mostly-annual upgrades have saved me so much time; everything just works in concert for long stretches of stability.
And as someone living with OCD (the real thing) the whole Snap thing just makes me so anxious. And like you experienced, it is soooo slow. I cannot even go back to windows because for some reason the wifi on my laptop does not work well with it.
I do not care about bleeding edge anymore, but I am a casual user mostly doing genetic research, so Debian Buster with Cinnamon is, to me, the best distro on Linux today.