tsugu

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[–] tsugu 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dare say that allowing any distro to use their repos is pretty generous, and gives back to the community. They have no obligation to open source Snapcraft's server, and snapd being able to install snaps locally is more than enough.

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/download-snaps-and-install-offline/15713

[–] tsugu 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how this matters.

Let's look at the very worst case possible scenario: Everyone abandons Flatpak and AppImage and moves to Snapcraft, and Canonical decides to make a decision that destroys the store.

You can still install FOSS apps from somewhere, at worst compile them.

All that would be lost if Snapcradt stopped existing are the proprietary apps, which you wouldn't use anyways.

[–] tsugu 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie, that's concerning.

[–] tsugu -2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

So are the drivers your computer likely relies on. Are you willing to buy a thinkpad from 2005 and use a random FSF approved distro?

[–] tsugu 25 points 2 months ago

Agreed. I was inspired to make this masterpiece while reading the comments on my previous meme.

[–] tsugu -1 points 2 months ago (9 children)

How does Canonical disrespect your rights?

[–] tsugu 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Flatpak can't run CLI apps. Also, they started around the same time. Flatpak in 2015 and Snap in 2016. This is like saying dnf shouldn't exist because apt is a thing.

Why would Canonical abandon their own solution because some people online complain?

[–] tsugu 2 points 2 months ago

You could run one and use the other within a distrobox container I suppose

[–] tsugu 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So offering 10 years of support for a release is a bad thing now. Got it.

 

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