> You’ll still be able to install it yourself and we’ll document this in the release notes, but by default APT won’t allow repository packages from doing this on your behalf.
So you still are able to install it yourself, it just won't let any other package to install it for you.
I for one am glad. I switched back to fedora for the first time in nearly a decade from Ubuntu because I don't like Snap. I don't like that I have to run a daemon just to get access to my installed applications.
I found another problem using Snap when using KeepassXC. Browser integration couldn't work because of the isolation that Snap provides. A lot of apps that do their jobs by interacting with your environment all of a sudden become a moot point.
It's sort of like how on Windows I still like installing MSIs over using the Windows store nine times out of 10. Anything in the Windows store can do its job by being super isolated and must therefore be a toy. That's not entirely true but it is definitely how I feel about it.
Finally, some good news. Canonical's poor decisions regarding snap have caused me to switch to Pop!_OS 20.04, and I've been quite happy with it. I'm getting tired of hearing from companies who feel entitled to my machine.
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So you still are able to install it yourself, it just won't let any other package to install it for you.
I found another problem using Snap when using KeepassXC. Browser integration couldn't work because of the isolation that Snap provides. A lot of apps that do their jobs by interacting with your environment all of a sudden become a moot point.
It's sort of like how on Windows I still like installing MSIs over using the Windows store nine times out of 10. Anything in the Windows store can do its job by being super isolated and must therefore be a toy. That's not entirely true but it is definitely how I feel about it.
Edit: looks like Ulyana is an LTS version [i], supported until 2025.
[i] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint_version_history
I was always wondering who was the idiot that was thinking that providing the simple 'calculator' as a snap was a good idea.
So much resources wasted for nothing.
When I compared with the calculator directly installed:
- direct: open instantly
- snap: takes 4 to 10s to open
And I have a top end powerful xps...
That is one more reason to use AppImage instead of Snap (and probably Flatpak) under Linux.