Happy Ubuntu user for more that a decade here
For both business (Ubuntu being my main daily workload driver) and pleasure (anything non-job related, incl. gaming of course).

I just cannot wait to get migrated to the new 24.04 LTS

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Oh my... Very nice update
Time to say goodbye to my free time again

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Quoting: kerossinOk, so what's the point of the Snap Store?

I thought the whole point of having a closed and official Canonical-controlled store was trust - you will be getting only legit apps approved by Canonical and not some wild west of community sources.

But since Canonical does no checks it's pointless.

Random user: Hey, this is PayPalV2.
Canonical: Welcome aboard! Don't reply, this was an automated message

Well, the original point of having a Snap store was to have containerized desktop apps on Linux desktop.

Anyway, is this happening on Flathub too, or snap is just more discussed with this issue?

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It looks amazing.

And it looked the same way amazing years ago, when it was supposed to be released...

This is so old, that I removed it from my wishlist some time last year as I consider it being a waporware...

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Quoting: Hannes

Quoting: SzkodnixOh no!

Anyway speaking of Flatpak...

I use mostly snaps and very few flatpaks because Snapcraft is way ahead of Flathub in terms of verified (mainstream-ish) apps. Unverified apps should always have a big fat warning sign.

Yep, this ^^^^!

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Hmmm... Factorio meets Starcraft?

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleStories like this happen every few years. In the early 2010s, a local government in some European city (I forget which) announced they were entirely switching to Linux in all their public service departments. 2 weeks go by, "no, sorry we're sticking with Windows". Turns out they had a visit from a Microsoft sales rep.

Yeah, sounds like some Men in Black from M$ stepped quickly in and proposed "an offer that cannot be refused" to them....
Its sick...

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Well in general, I firmly believe that the FIRST app in user's desktop that shuold be MANDATORY to be sandboxed is the web browser.

Change my mind...

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Quoting: SupayI have had nothing but issues with Snaps. I tried them again recently, with a fresh Ubuntu install, and various applications were just outright broken, as always seems to be the case. Flatpaks worked perfectly and they're my go to choice if a binary isn't available.

Interesting, I have the opposite experience: I'm actually very glad that snaps are there, because I can install 3rd party software like Spotify, Rider, Pycharm or WPS Office, which either would not be there this easily available (e.g. JetBrains apps would have to be downloaded from their website or their separate repo) or would be calling home, if not sandboxed (looking at you, chinese WPS Office...)

For the past years (approx. from Ubuntu 20.04) I've had exactly 0 issues with snaps, and I'm using them daily...

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I think I'm going to install it, finally, to get my own experience...

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