Latest Comments by Boldos
Ubuntu flavours to drop Flatpak by default and stick to Snaps
24 Feb 2023 at 10:22 am UTC Likes: 5
24 Feb 2023 at 10:22 am UTC Likes: 5
Well, majority of the discussion so far is about the technology itself: how open or not open it is, how slow/fast it is, what can/cannot be run with it etc...
But I'm missing another typical use case topic in the discussion:
The "security/trust" level of "let me install the app I need for work" things. Especially when used "professionally" as a daily workload driver within a company.
And even if not necessarily directly visible, the >security< question of things is always floating somewhere around when OS and apps are installed and run inside a company network.
And - with regards to installing apps from external stores - this usually translates into certain level of "trust": When installing the app, I do/do not trust the source that it will most probably e.g. not install malware packed with it (unless intentional -> looking at you Google & Micro$oft... :angry:). This applies especially when installing 3rd party apps, which are not usually generally available in standard official repos elsewhere (.NET SDK, Rider, Pycharm, Teams, Spotify, ...)
With Snaps, I *can* have that certain level of trust, because there is a trusted (by me) publisher verification authority (Canonical) working behind the scenes, so if the package is marked as *Verified developer* e.g. Microsoft, or JetBrains or Spotify, I trust it is really them and not that proverbial "some anonymous person somewhere in Nebraska" who packaged it on his/her PC and then published it to the store with whatever hacks attached inside.
In my opinion this critical topic is totally omitted with Flatpacks/Flathub.
But I'm missing another typical use case topic in the discussion:
The "security/trust" level of "let me install the app I need for work" things. Especially when used "professionally" as a daily workload driver within a company.
And even if not necessarily directly visible, the >security< question of things is always floating somewhere around when OS and apps are installed and run inside a company network.
And - with regards to installing apps from external stores - this usually translates into certain level of "trust": When installing the app, I do/do not trust the source that it will most probably e.g. not install malware packed with it (unless intentional -> looking at you Google & Micro$oft... :angry:). This applies especially when installing 3rd party apps, which are not usually generally available in standard official repos elsewhere (.NET SDK, Rider, Pycharm, Teams, Spotify, ...)
With Snaps, I *can* have that certain level of trust, because there is a trusted (by me) publisher verification authority (Canonical) working behind the scenes, so if the package is marked as *Verified developer* e.g. Microsoft, or JetBrains or Spotify, I trust it is really them and not that proverbial "some anonymous person somewhere in Nebraska" who packaged it on his/her PC and then published it to the store with whatever hacks attached inside.
In my opinion this critical topic is totally omitted with Flatpacks/Flathub.
Ubuntu flavours to drop Flatpak by default and stick to Snaps
23 Feb 2023 at 1:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
Upstart was there before anyone even heard about that second weird thing called systemd. But it is Canonical who is the bad guy yet again for choosing their own path?
Oh c'mon...
23 Feb 2023 at 1:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: ZlopezI'm not sure why Canonical doesn't want to have flatpak installed out of the box, but they sometimes do strange decisions, like Mir or Unity. Not bad projects but they were the only one using them and dropped them after some time.I'm not sure why people keep bashing Canonical of doing "bad" or "strange" decisions/projects all the time.
Upstart was there before anyone even heard about that second weird thing called systemd. But it is Canonical who is the bad guy yet again for choosing their own path?
Oh c'mon...
Ubuntu flavours to drop Flatpak by default and stick to Snaps
23 Feb 2023 at 1:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
Happily sticking with Ubuntu.
23 Feb 2023 at 1:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: sgtnasty369I have strong opinions on this topic, and found solace in Arch and Fedora.Yeah, me too.
Happily sticking with Ubuntu.
Going to live my dream of Fifth Element flying cars in MiLE HiGH TAXi
3 Feb 2023 at 12:45 pm UTC Likes: 6
3 Feb 2023 at 12:45 pm UTC Likes: 6
Hmmm... Reminds me of Cloudpunk, should finish it finally...:tongue:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk/ [External Link]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk/ [External Link]
Beyond All Reason is looking incredible for fans of Total Annihilation / Supreme Commander
5 Jan 2023 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 2
5 Jan 2023 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 2
Oh boy, this looks amazing.
(Also: Crashes my AMD GPU driver every single time :cry:)
(Also: Crashes my AMD GPU driver every single time :cry:)
Star Labs new StarFighter sounds like a great Linux laptop
4 Nov 2022 at 5:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
4 Nov 2022 at 5:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
Oh boy. Seems tempting...
But outside of EU? That will be quite expensive...
I will stick with https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ [External Link] for now...
But outside of EU? That will be quite expensive...
I will stick with https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ [External Link] for now...
Here's the Top 10 Most Played games on Steam Deck for September 2022
2 Oct 2022 at 8:59 pm UTC Likes: 1
2 Oct 2022 at 8:59 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: slaapliedjeKind of interesting to compare the major three large space sims, Elite: Dangerous, No Man's Sky, and Star Citizen.For the major large space sims, for me the X4: Foundations still wins...
Here's the Top 10 Most Played games on Steam Deck for September 2022
1 Oct 2022 at 10:37 am UTC
(Honest question).
1 Oct 2022 at 10:37 am UTC
Quoting: iiariAnd regarding the top 10 list, still very impressed NMS is still there. What a comeback story.NMS? Is it still the beautiful, yet stinking pile or crap, full of flawed game mechanics it used to be?
(Honest question).
Linux 5.19 is out now, Torvalds released it using an Apple silicon MacBook
1 Aug 2022 at 11:30 am UTC
1 Aug 2022 at 11:30 am UTC
1) Is there anything like suspend&resume (on ARM?)?
2) What about graphics support? (HW accel 2D+3D)
2) What about graphics support? (HW accel 2D+3D)
System Shock remake gets a brand new flashy trailer
14 Jun 2022 at 4:12 pm UTC
14 Jun 2022 at 4:12 pm UTC
Quoting: ArdjeThey also started collecting the backerkit fee. Of course my card info was already a few years obsolete...Oh, thanks for the reminder & let me check mine... :happy: