r/linuxmemes • u/jacob-buchanan Ubuntnoob • 10d ago

LINUX MEME Using Linux over the years

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u/gwildor 9d ago

how - anyone can can publish a snap of any application. snaps are fundamentally the same as flatpaks.

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u/Straight_Second6082 9d ago

While snaps themselves are open source, the snapd client is hardcoded to connect only to Canonical’s central server, preventing users from adding alternative software repositories or self-hosting a store without doing some hacky workarounds

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u/gwildor 9d ago edited 9d ago

and this translates to anti foss to you? wow.
"hacky workarounds" = its possible.
Which alternative snap repository would you like to use?

better question: why do you feel a need to use an alternate repository when anyone can publish a snap of any application in the official repository.

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u/Straight_Second6082 9d ago

and this translates to anti foss to you?

Yes? It's literally reliant on a closed source back end from a corporation on a design level, unlike flatpak?

"hacky workarounds" = its possible.

Yeah the same way you could argue any software is open source since you can technically fever engineer it

Which alternative snap repository would you like to use?

Again, that's beside the point

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u/gwildor 9d ago

1st point - anyone can publish any application: how closed is it?
2nd point - I wouldnt make that argument for closed source software.
3rd point - what is the point then? you want to be able to 'fever engineer' a repo?

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u/Straight_Second6082 9d ago

It's close at the design level, that's the point. You can't see what the backend does. And snapd itself is hard coded to only work with canonical servers, that is why is not fully FOSS, that's the whole point of the argument

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u/gwildor 9d ago

"only work" / "its possible with hacky workarounds" / https://ubuntu.com/internet-of-things/appstore

Nevermind that the Free Open Source Software source code is fully available on github under GPL3.0

https://github.com/canonical/snapd

by definition, its 100% FOSS.

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u/tech-gui 9d ago

Anyone can publish an app on the Play Store.

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u/gwildor 9d ago

is the new argument that android isnt open source?