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Ubuntu Core Desktop Delayed, Won't Be Released in April (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ubuntu Core Desktop will not be released alongside Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in April, as originally hoped.

Canonical doesn’t go into details about what specific issues need resolving. One imagines, given that the first Ubuntu Core Desktop release was going to be a preview and not a recommended download, it’s a myriad bugs/difficulties — ones not easily sorted.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They probably realized snaps are garbage and are still trying to desperately un-garbage them before the release.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Snaps are technically superior to Flatpaks. They allow running sandboxed system integrated programs, a capability no other packaging system has in existence. Cry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

When they fix whatever fever dream du has when using snaps I'll think about it.

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

Isn’t that also the case for Flatpacks?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, Snaps are the only packaging system capable of sandboxing and running system integrated programs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh you mean for command line applications, yes, Flatpacks cannot do that yet. Personally I manually enable Snaps in the distros I use, as some apps only exist there, but have been orienting myself where I can limit the exposure to only the packages I want.

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

I'll take snaps over flatpak myself

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

My belief is use the appropriate tool for the job, without inserting ideology into it. If I find Flatpak nice, I will use it. Same goes for Snap or AppImage. Linux package method wars are as dumb as Cola Wars or console/smartphone wars.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I do the same but I still have a preference. I agree it's dumb.