On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > Hello everybody out there! > > On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs. They just don't want to > > maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and forget" > > solution. I can't see this as anything but a bad thing, something the > > world can live without. > > Well, I do not like the way Ubuntu uses snaps, but there are some good > reasons to use something like snaps or flatpacks. > > Even with a less careful procedure to integrate and update packages > than the one of Debian (which I like), create a new package and update > one take some time. There are several examples when a user needs a bug > fix or some functionality that packages in distributions do not provide. > In such a case, without snaps or flatpacks, the user has to compile the > program, which need some technical skills and can be sometimes really > tricky. Appimages are less interesting, as you have to update them manually. > > Use parsimoniously, packages like snaps or flatpacks are something very > useful, which improve user experience even for power users. The problem > with Ubuntu is it uses way too much snaps and I do not think it is a > matter of laziness.
I had occasion to install Zoom a few weeks ago;'snap install zoom-client'. Everything went smoothly and I quite like having this proprietary package strictly confined. -- Brian.
