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Which distro are you using right now? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by not_jov@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@sh.itjust.works
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So, title. Personally after trying out pretty much every major distro save gentoo, I've come back to Ubuntu because it just works and I can focus on my work. Did remove snap and install flatpak, but other than that it's mostly stock ubuntu.

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[-] HyperHysteria@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Do people really have this much gripe with the Snaps? I don't even touch them and am only reminded they exist when people complain about them. Is there any actual downside to just ignoring installing Snaps and instead installing packages manually anyways?

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

For me it's a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I don't get the point of switching to snaps when apt packages worked perfectly fine.

And in my experience it's actually worse than APT. Installs/updates are slow, as is app startup, system integration features need extra work, ...

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