this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
16 points (100.0% liked)
Ubuntu Linux
2105 readers
1 users here now
Linux for Human Beings.
Ubuntu is a popular Linux operating system for PC / mobile devices, etc.
Developed by Canonical & based on Debian (another older Linux OS) which is known for it's rock solid stability.
Ubuntu is trusted everywhere computing by professionals and common users alike.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
But how much is anyone forced to use snaps, outside of maybe a few core applications that might define ubuntu? Flatpak can be installed on ubuntu and I'd say most of the important stuff seems to be from the apt repos. Granted that may be an argument for Debian alone but I'm just trying to make sense of it.
This is a bit outside my zone. Could you please explain this?
They're pushing snaps onto users who don't even want them - when you
apt install
some packages, you get snaps instead. That alone disqualifies Ubuntu in my eyes.Both Firefox and Thunderbird are installed as Snap package. And, you have to fiddle with repo settings a bit to give Mozilla repo a higher priority to install deb packages.