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Fuck flatpak, all my homies hate flatpak

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Appimage>your inferior packaged application method

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What’s wrong with Snap?

EDIT: I had minimal exposure to Snap, sometimes Snap was my only option to get some software on Linux in a decent version and without getting into dependency hell while trying to compile it (why can’t someone make a package manager for C/C++?). I do see the issue with proprietary servers though.

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What’s wrong with Snap?

Proprietary servers.

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Can you elaborate a little? I imagined this meant something like Visual Studio Code’ Marketplace (which doesn’t allow non Microsoft products to connect), but I don’t see anything about that on Snap’s TOS.

To be clear, I’m not saying you’re wrong or anything, I’m just trying to understand.

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People want a full open stack, and the server is closed. Its less a technical complaint and more a philosophical one.

Not the person you are asking, just trying to add context on why some find that problematic for those who are reading later.

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I don’t think it’s a TOS thing, just a lack of open source server software? To the best of my knowledge, it’s just not possible to host my own snap server. At least, I didn’t find any solution when I looked. Which seems weird, for an open source operating system.

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Everything else is FOSS besides the server and snaps can even be installed locally. I wrote a section of an article about most of the complaints. Most of the complaints I hear are just elitistic bullshit that makes new users confused and spreads misinformation.

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Like a bunch of old farts in a coffee shop arguing over which truck brand is better.

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Yeah, but Snap is the equivalent of Tesla…

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You want me to top off your coffee before you go home to take a nap?

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Yes please, and more cake!

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I’d love to use flatpak more, but with my peculiar internet situation, installing a single package can take 6-7 hours.

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