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(DIR) Post #9w5DRe2K2cbwX1SZcm by chriswere@share.tube
2020-06-14T19:18:26.228Z
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In today's video I share my thoughts on a blog post from Linux Mint outlining why they'll be dropping out-of-the box support for Canonical and Ubuntu's snap store.PeerTube: https://share.tube/accounts/chriswereWebsite: https://ChrisWere.uk...
(DIR) Post #9w5DyaH92rmwQK6FEG by tomato@peertube.co.uk
2020-06-14T19:24:23.356Z
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100% agree. I would love to see Linux Mint to go full on Debian and become more independent.
(DIR) Post #9w5HU3ZQTem47TLj8K by EmeraldArcher@linuxrocks.online
2020-06-14T20:03:20Z
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@chriswere agree. Time to dump Ubuntu
(DIR) Post #9w5InMq3AALVKotgPY by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2020-06-14T20:18:14Z
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@chriswereLovin' the Steve Jobs chin thumb (although, fun fact: that actually want his hand in that famous picture... it was photoshopped in later...)
(DIR) Post #9w5SqstDSAml9Lh4QC by kiri@fosstodon.org
2020-06-14T22:11:01Z
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@chriswere I like this decision, personally I don't use Mint, but any movement towards independence is often beneficial.
(DIR) Post #9w5du15gW8RYwwDpHU by kezzbracey@peertube.social
2020-06-15T00:14:49.515Z
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Well covered Chris, great video.Mint is doing the right thing, and Ubuntu is doing a shady thing IMO. Transparency, consent and user control are paramount.The only silver lining I can see is that Ubuntu shifting closer to a proprietary focused system may put the stepping stone closer to people who are on fully proprietary systems. Then once you realise you're not stuck in the Windows & MacOS dichotomy the distro hopping can begin.
(DIR) Post #9w5jGJAIUtTt9EpPkG by leadore@toot.cafe
2020-06-15T01:14:31Z
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@chriswere Thanks for bringing my attention to this. I haven't been keeping up with things like I used to, so this reinforces my confidence in LinuxMint as my distro, which I switched to from Ubuntu years ago.The main issue I would have with going to the LMDE version would be giving up PPAs (which unless something has changed is only available on Ubuntu-based distros). There are several pkgs I always want to have the latest version of, seamlessly delivered along with the other updates.
(DIR) Post #9w5suUlrfIygJWdalc by jigme@video.datsemultimedia.com
2020-06-15T03:02:56.296Z
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Authy has deprecated the browser extension which is only available for Chrome, and the only Linux version is a Snap app. I do think removing the Snap store is certainly a good idea. It *likely* will affect some people. Currently I see a lot of "available for Linux" which usually means "available for Ubuntu". Though .deb files are often able to be installed on most distributions.
(DIR) Post #9wslMiSAKiswHz52OW by MrRawes@social.privacytools.io
2020-07-08T16:59:24Z
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@chriswere I HATE SNAPSits nonfree junkits vender-lockin
(DIR) Post #9wslsFQJni2BWOFfRA by MrRawes@social.privacytools.io
2020-07-08T17:05:01Z
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@chriswere i also use devuan devuan.orgit is systemd dependent
(DIR) Post #A3yEJuKseQlVL6ypns by roland@f.haeder.net
2021-02-05T17:21:30Z
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Er, #Devuan is a systemd-free Debian clone. I think you may missed to type in.
(DIR) Post #A4UpUNxbgmCZSq50RU by vesperto@mastodon.social
2021-02-21T10:49:42Z
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@MrRawes @chriswere the whole point of #devuan is to NOT be systemd-dependant. Bad typo there.