Quoting: eldaking

Quoting: 14Link to interview?

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-canonical-views-the-snap-ecosystem-as-a-compelling-distribution-agnostic-solution/ [External Link]

It is actually defending snaps and its "advantages", but I was still horrified because I didn't know about the issues in the first place. I was like "wait, Canonical wants to control distribution of snaps for all distros and calls that 'agnostic'? The backend is proprietary?"

The backend is not agnostic; I see your point. The distributable product is, though. After reading the entire interview, it sounds like they're making Steam for apps. As long as app publishers don't exclusively build Snaps akin to game publishers choosing Epic, I don't see much of a problem with what Ubuntu is doing. As long as we all have free choice and the choices are pretty equal, I think the Snap Store will be a good option for users that don't use computers as a hobby but are running Linux.

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"Precise" and "diverse" at the same time is hard to understand. But I'm imagining good things! Honestly, it's very rare that I look at the Steam store the past year or so since GoL tells me what I need to know.

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It kind of blows away my Minecraft hotel.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: qptain NemoUgh, let's be real, you only wrote this article so you could flex on us with your insane painting skills.

Busted.

Look, I wanted to enter this drawing competition I found on the back of my cornflakes this morning. I mean, it's for kids but I'm only 31.

You know it was Fruit Loops.

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This is really cool.

I'd probably still get the PS4 version just because I can sell that one once I'm through the game.

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So, is the stop-motion synthetic as in just choppy animation, or was every model positioned by hand and digitized? Like, is this really stop-motion, or does it just appeal to the Gumby in our hearts with smoke and mirrors?

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Quoting: GrabbyDon't get me wrong, there is a lot I like about Manjaro, but I'm really tired of seeing so many newcomers breaking their system because they selected the wrong option in that minefield. It's consolidating the reputation that "GPU drivers are unstable on Linux", especially since Manjaro is often recommended to newbies and they have no idea how to recover from a broken state.

I'd say Manjaro is about as close to the same task as managing an Arch machine after it's installed. I actually think it's just a little more annoying since it's not the same as my main rig. (I find myself annoyed finding things installed that I wish weren't. And I find the system updater program overwriting my mirrors list annoying.) For that reason, I think I agree with you that Manjaro should not be recommended to new GNU/Linux tasters. Give them something like Pop! OS, Mint, Elementary OS, or Ubuntu.

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Quoting: eldakingRegarding snaps/flatpaks, I was a bit out of the loop but recently read an interview by someone at Canonical talking about the advantages and... holey moley, now I get why people hate Canonical with a passion. So much that is wrong and even downright hostile to other distros or FOSS. Flatpak seems less problematic, but I'm doubling down in my support of just using distro repositories.

Link to interview?

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Quoting: pbProprietary office suite? Software store? I thought Manjaro was just arch with more conservative approach to packages, but it seems that it's to Arch something like Ubuntu to Debian? I'll stick with the vanilla distro, thank you very much. ;-)

Not trying to sound like a snob, but I've been feeling the same way the past few weeks about Manjaro. I may reinstall the kids' computers with the Architect ISO next time. Even then, I'm not sure. Using installer helpers for Arch is not supported, but that might be my next step... I'm also watching EndeavorOS to see what they're doing.

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Quoting: NanobangAs I reinstalled Ubuntu Mate, I wondered why, if Manjaro could determine that I had an Optimus setup, would the DE offer me an option that would bork my OS? Rather than get an answer, I decided I wasn't ready for the thing.

In my experience, when you install Manjaro into a VM, it will install every Nvidia driver! Of course the VM is not using real GPU acceleration and those drivers are useless in the VM. I don't think removing the drivers was an option, either, because it was a dependency of the hardware detection tool, which was a dependency of the Manjaro Core suite.

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