[Discuss] Some very quietly announced Ubuntu news regarding Snap packages.

[daniel at syntheticblue.com (Daniel M Gessel)]

I chose to switch from Ubuntu because of Snap and now use Debian 12 
(Bookworm) with Sway WM for Wayland. It's pretty much my dream config! 
If I had stuck it out longer, I would definitely be switching from 23.10...

On 2023-12-14 14:06, Rich Pieri wrote:
> I learned this week that Canonical are forcing Snap packages on
> everyone with Ubuntu 23.10. This apparently is how Canonical are
> letting users know about their new Snap store.
>
> https://www.webpronews.com/ubuntu-23-10s-app-store-will-block-deb-files-when-a-snap-is-available/
>
> Choice quote from Canonical: "Deb support will land later because
> resources are always tight. Finally nothing here stops users from
> installing applications the old fashioned ways."
>
> The "old fashioned way" of running "apt update; apt upgrade"? I can say
> that after running "apt autoremove --purge snapd; apt-mark hold snapd;
> reboot", running "apt update; apt upgrade" reinstalls snapd and I get
> Snap packages instead of Debian packages.
>
> At least we're *finally* getting the ability to permanently block Snap
> automatic updates.
>
> https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/11/turn-off-automatic-updates-snap-apps/
>
> Tumbleweed is looking better every day.
>