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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Thunderbird goes from DEB to snap in Ubuntu 24.04 (www.linuxadictos.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't use Ubuntu but I threw it on a laptop to give to my dad.

He's a very basic tech user he basically needed a web browser and somewhere to backup/view his photos off his phone, And even he ran into issue with snaps!

I tried to switch everything over to flatpak but the OS just kept pushing back trying to reinstall SnapD until I ran some script off Github, It's the exact "I know better than you" bullshit that pushed me away from Windows.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you really want everything to go on flatpak why not just use Debian + GNOME? No bullshit and you'll be able to have flathub inside the GNOME software "store".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I didn't want to reinstall the whole OS on my Dads laptop since he already has all his stuff on it.

But I'll probably go Debian if he ever lets me do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Boy am I glad I put my dad on Mint.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If you want flatpak only look at vanilla os

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Literally the opposite of what they wanted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I meant flatpak, I have a bad habit of replacing words I'm typing with words I'm thinking