Re: ubuntu/snap future
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote:
>
> Hello everybody out there!
>
> On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs. They just don't want to
> > maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and forget"
> > solution. I can't see this as anything but a bad thing, something the
> > world can live without.
>
> Well, I do not like the way Ubuntu uses snaps, but there are some good
> reasons to use something like snaps or flatpacks.
>
> Even with a less careful procedure to integrate and update packages
> than the one of Debian (which I like), create a new package and update
> one take some time. There are several examples when a user needs a bug
> fix or some functionality that packages in distributions do not provide.
> In such a case, without snaps or flatpacks, the user has to compile the
> program, which need some technical skills and can be sometimes really
> tricky. Appimages are less interesting, as you have to update them manually.
>
> Use parsimoniously, packages like snaps or flatpacks are something very
> useful, which improve user experience even for power users. The problem
> with Ubuntu is it uses way too much snaps and I do not think it is a
> matter of laziness.
I had occasion to install Zoom a few weeks ago;'snap install zoom-client'.
Everything went smoothly and I quite like having this proprietary package
strictly confined.
--
Brian.
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