vettnerk@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agowhich linux distro do you NOT like, and why?message-squaremessage-square407fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down110
arrow-up1285arrow-down1message-squarewhich linux distro do you NOT like, and why?vettnerk@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square407fedilink
minus-squarefirst_must_burn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoSerious question: what do you not like about snaps? I find the isolation and dependency desolation to be pretty great.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoSnap is vendor lock in. They don’t work on many distros, tooling pushes their platform, and they control the only store. For desktop apps Flatpak is just technically better anyway so what’s the point.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSnap is the reason I started looking for something else. Flatpak is the reason I went Fedora. It’s been great.
Serious question: what do you not like about snaps? I find the isolation and dependency desolation to be pretty great.
Snap is vendor lock in. They don’t work on many distros, tooling pushes their platform, and they control the only store.
For desktop apps Flatpak is just technically better anyway so what’s the point.
Snap is the reason I started looking for something else. Flatpak is the reason I went Fedora. It’s been great.