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    I like both, but usually prefer Ubuntu (slrpnk.net)
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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 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?

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

    The question that I have to ask: what category of CLI apps (or even some examples) exist that are too complex to maintain a few versions simultaneously as native packages but are not complex enough to just use an OCI container for them instead?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

    Personally I use (and maintain) snaps for several developer tools I use, because the automatic updates through snap means I can have automatically up-to-date tools with the same package across my Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch and OpenSuSE machines.

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

    Install CLI packages with Nix. You don't need a proprietary system

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

    Nix on non-NixOS distributions would be great, if it would support installing apps into the users home directory instead of a global directory (without recompiling everything).

    (When I looked into it, it wasn't possible, but if you made it work, please share.)