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Re:Pop_OS has a complicated name but it makes using Linux so... by input_sh on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:48PM (#35431059)
> or only install through apt (as far as I know that still installs native packages)

`apt install chromium-browser` installs Chromium as a snap package. If you don't have snapd installed, it'll "helpfully" install it for you.

It's become a binary choice between snap and flatpak, with flatpak being preferred by all major Ubuntu forks (Pop OS, elementary OS, Linux Mint). I won't be shocked if years from now Ubuntu decides snap is no longer worth it, like they did with Mir and Unity.

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Re:Pop_OS has a complicated name but it makes using Linux so... by tpoacher on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:16AM (#35441032)
Mint is flatpak based? Since when? (writing this from my Linux Mint OS).
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Re:Pop_OS has a complicated name but it makes using Linux so... by timbit42 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:39PM (#35442336)
Mint is not flatpak based but it has Flatpak pre-installed in case you want to install some flatpaks. It doesn't have Snap pre-installed.

Alternatively, the *ubuntus have Snap pre-installed and recently said they are removing Flatpak support, although I believe the user can install Flatpak if they want to use flatpaks.

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