I see people hate snap packaging and removing it if their OS support it. Is it because it’s NOT fully open-source or just due to how the technology works?

Update: fixed typos

  • tiny@midwest.socialEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    There are philosophical and technical reasons to not like snaps

    Technical

    • Slow startup time
    • Makes lsblk look really ugly
    • For awhile users didn’t have a lot of control over when things updated
    • Not designed to work with third party repos by default
    • Requires apparmor so it doesn’t work well on selinux distros.

    Philosophical

    • Backend is proprietary and controller by a single company
    • Has made the same amount of effort as flatpak to work on distros that aren’t Ubuntu
    • Some people just don’t like Ubuntu
    • RozaŭtunoEnglish
      39·
      1 year ago
      • Canonical is pushing it too aggressively, removing the freedom of choice.
    • anagram3k@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Also:

      • Creates a snap directory on your home. I hate programs that pollute my home.
      • Requires a service (snapd) to function.
      • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        Not only does it create that directory but it creates new folders for each updated version of various apps… Very weird and confusing