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    Everyone loves snaps (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I am a Linux user for over a decade but I have no idea what this discussion is about. Can someone give me a tldr? I install some software using apt and some using the store and never have any issues.

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Snaps are ways to ship software where everything is bundled together and the developer doesn't need to sort out dependencies on the distribution. This often makes the package bloated. It has no direct benefits for users, but it makes life easier for developers. Thus, indirectly, users might get access to some software they would otherwise need to compile if no one's got it readily available for the user's distribution. Ubuntu appears mostly to be using it because they don't want to bother sorting out dependcies. On Ubuntu, and only on Ubuntu as fast as I know, some packages in apt will install the snap version silently, which, I think rightfully, annoys a lot of users.

    There are similar alternatives, like flatpak, which also bundle dependencies. Some aspects of snap are proprietary to Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, so you'll find people who are ok with the somewhat bloated software if it makes software more widely available, but aren't happy with a proprietary format in what is largely an open community.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

    Also sometimes run into weird permission problems with snaps, like with keypassxc browser integration.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    If you install an app with apt and it has a snap it automatically installs the snap

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    I believe snaps are only installed by default on Ubuntu at this point. Debian has apt and I don't think it installs a snap version unless you asked for that.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

    I don't think debian even has support for snaps built in, unless I'm mistaken? Most ubuntu derivatives also rip them out lol