2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • Locuralacura@lemm.ee
    72·
    1 year ago

    What is wrong with the snap store? It’s not something I’m aware of.

    I go to terminal. I sudo apt-get

    I get Firefox, I get my VPN, I get deluge, I get my audio player.

    I use those things. I sleep well at night.

    • pathief@lemmy.world
      22·
      1 year ago

      If you use apt-get you aren’t using snaps, you are unaffected.

      Snap is a format created by Canonical which has a really funky proprietary back end. The default application store in Ubuntu uses this format and has been plagued with an impersonation problem. Since everyone could submit snaps there was a lot of spyware posing as legit software. My main gripe was when the snap store just decided to unilaterally close and update my Firefox while I was using it.

      Linux Mint does NOT have snaps and even had a debian based version. Pretty neat

      • CameronDev
        9·
        1 year ago

        Correct me if I am wrong, but apt-get install firefox installs the snap version unless you go out of your way to fix that?

        • provisional@lemmy.sdf.org
          1·
          1 year ago

          I believe this is correct. Ubuntu installs the snap package if there is an equivalent package available. So even if you use apt, you still get snaps.

        • pathief@lemmy.world
          11·
          1 year ago

          apt uses debians packages and debian repositories. Unless they recently created an alias or something, it should install debian packaged version!