Post AdhU8ybSX8UtGUzp20 by HaraldKi@nrw.social
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(DIR) Post #AdhTmuwlRmhJYQRWJU by HaraldKi@nrw.social
2024-01-10T10:32:20Z
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Why I don't like #snap on #ubuntu #linux:% snap listfirefox 119.0.1-1 3358 latest/stable/… mozilla✓ -Current is version 121:% snap refresh firefoxerror: cannot refresh "firefox": snap "firefox" has running apps (firefox),Yes, stupid. But this is Linux, not Windows. We can reinstall software while it is running for 20+ years. And when do you think I am working with the system without having at least one FF window open? 🤦♀️ 🤢 🤮
(DIR) Post #AdhTmvtxtg3KW28naa by selea@social.linux.pizza
2024-01-10T10:41:02Z
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@HaraldKi That's the price to pay when you use snap. Since every package basically gets their own volume.
(DIR) Post #AdhU8ybSX8UtGUzp20 by HaraldKi@nrw.social
2024-01-10T10:45:03Z
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@selea Yeah, fun to pay for something I didn't order. The benefits of snap lie somewhere outside of my experience, I guess. Of course I didn't pay for Ubuntu either, so its just me I should address my complaints to I guess. 😞
(DIR) Post #AdhVBlMSK6KL1Ds3qS by cnx@larkspur.one
2024-01-10T10:56:46.258617Z
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this is […] not Windows@HaraldKi, Snap, Flatpak and AppImage distribute programs from upstream developers with all dependencies vendored. If anything, they’re the closest thing to how software are distributed to Windows users (we use to joke that it’s what happened when they migrated over and brought their culture with them).They also make patching security bugs system-wide virtually impossible as each program has its own dependencies. IMHO the only sustainable way of managing packages is to have them from your distro’s repository, even though some like Ubuntu are moving to Snap and ironically defeat the point of being a distribution.
(DIR) Post #AdhsYlXniaXOQ97bJw by selea@social.linux.pizza
2024-01-10T12:24:36Z
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@HaraldKi Yeah it sucks really, ubuntu forcing something upon users that clearly is not optimized for being used