[kwlug-disc] Snappy judgements, snappy issues, flat shadows

[Charles M]

I'm not sure about server Khalid, but GNOME software was replaced with
Canonical's Snap Store for Xubuntu 24.04. The snap store behaves a lot
better than GNOME software, it's snappy (fast). I'm happy to be wrong,
but it sadly seems to be snap only.

There are still lots of .debs that can be downloaded via apt on cli,
and it's still possible to install GNOME software, and install the
flatpak extension. Flatpak's do not appear to work in the snap store
(in my limited testing), but do work CLI and with GNOME software.

There are other issues with Xubuntu 24.04 that prevent us from
implementing it at Computer Recycling (we're still doing 22.04), but
snaps are a problem for us too. Lots to think about in the next while.

On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 20:50, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
> I am still on Xubuntu (desktop) 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu
> Server 22.04 LTS on all the servers I manage.
>
> So far, I have been successful in uninstalling snapd, after
> I uninstall Firefox, and that does it for me. No snap in sight.
>
> Perhaps that works because I don't use Gnome, which
> I faintly recall had a dependency on snapd. Or maybe 24.04
> LTS changes things around? Don't know.
>
> $ snap
> Command 'snap' not found, but can be installed with:
> sudo apt install snapd
>
> $ snapd
> Command 'snapd' not found, did you mean:
>   command 'snap' from deb snapd (2.58+20.04.1)
>   command 'snmpd' from deb snmpd (5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.9)
>   command 'slapd' from deb slapd (2.4.49+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9)
>   command 'zsnapd' from deb zsnapd (0.8.11h-1ubuntu2)
> Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
>
> For Firefox, I use the Ubuntu Mozilla Team PPA, and install firefox-esr,
> so it is a .deb with proper dependency management. The ESR version
> is so that I don't get version updates too often.
>
> But for my specific use case, there is no reason to move off Ubuntu,
> since all the servers are doing well.
>
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Charles
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