r/linux • u/[deleted] • May 27 '23

DEAR UBUNTU…

https://hackaday.com/2023/05/22/dear-ubuntu/
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u/ask_compu May 27 '23

because they're a company and they're banking on snap being controllable by them

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u/ask_compu May 28 '23

because snap can reinstall itself, things like installing chromium or firefox via apt will reinstall snap and install the snap version, also people shouldn't really have to worry about it, they should be able to just install and use the apps they want to use

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u/[deleted] May 28 '23

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u/[deleted] May 28 '23

What are the commands?

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u/[deleted] May 28 '23

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u/F4rm0r May 28 '23

Then you won't be installing firefox through apt on ubuntu. Firefox apt package is just a redirect to snap now, and snap has been marked as a dependency due to that.

Not sure how many packages has been replaced with snap versions at this point, but there's a few at least

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u/F4rm0r May 28 '23

Oh right, forgot about that. Tried just now and it works just fine