Post 9vecQokjqDC25e2fbM by ryandaniels@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9veaNLBj6cMXcTscJk by ryandaniels@mastodon.social
       2020-06-01T22:56:07Z
       
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       Another good reason to remove snaps from your Ubuntu install:https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3906And how to remove snaps from Ubuntu 20.04:https://www.kevin-custer.com/blog/disabling-snaps-in-ubuntu-20-04/
       
 (DIR) Post #9veaTw8gdTx3xUbSrY by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
       2020-06-01T22:59:30.183346Z
       
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       @ryandaniels holy shitballs, man.  Does chromium have a launchpad?
       
 (DIR) Post #9veaj5Wa1W09PW0IyG by ryandaniels@mastodon.social
       2020-06-01T23:02:04Z
       
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       @tn5421 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser
       
 (DIR) Post #9veak95EHFL6jniOVE by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
       2020-06-01T23:02:18.591453Z
       
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       @ryandaniels praise be
       
 (DIR) Post #9vecNmX5dgZMKsD7E8 by ryandaniels@mastodon.social
       2020-06-01T23:20:41Z
       
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       "..in the Ubuntu 20.04 package base, the Chromium package is indeed empty and acting, without your consent, as a backdoor by connecting your computer to the Ubuntu Store. Applications in this store cannot be patched, or pinned. You can’t audit them, hold them, modify them or even point snap to a different store."
       
 (DIR) Post #9vecQ3jieBS2GsCgzI by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
       2020-06-01T23:21:12.657804Z
       
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       @ryandaniels Apparently flatpak wasn't good enough for them.
       
 (DIR) Post #9vecQokjqDC25e2fbM by ryandaniels@mastodon.social
       2020-06-01T23:21:10Z
       
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       "You’ve as much empowerment with this as if you were using proprietary software, i.e. none. This is in effect similar to a commercial proprietary solution, but with two major differences: It runs as root, and it installs itself without asking you."
       
 (DIR) Post #9vedCK2dKQNIjy42rY by ndegruchy@fosstodon.org
       2020-06-01T23:29:54Z
       
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       @ryandaniels I find that Canonical's relationship with Debian and the open source community is one of sneaky, feigned incompetence. Basically: when no one is watching too closely, they pull shit like this and the Amazon search function. Then, when caught, they feign ignorance: "Ow I'm sowwy, buddy! I fowgowt that we're a Linux distribution that should be trying to get people to use open source software and that we have a goddamn package management system that actually works just fine."😡