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Snapless Ubuntu (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by cmeerw@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Not sure what others are doing to use Ubuntu (23.04) without snaps, but this is what I am doing:

for Firefox I found a guide here
for chromium I am actually using the Linux Mint packages (which work absolutely fine), and I have just set up a small repository I can add to apt:

deb [arch=amd64 allow-insecure=yes] http://snapless.cmeerw.net victoria upstream

this just syncs from Linux Mint and only republishes chromium in the Packages file (with downloads redirected to a Linux Mint mirror). BTW, I am not signing these...

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Running Debian. Snapless and Ubuntuless Ubuntu

[–] DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I switched two of our boxes over to Debian "Bookworm". And so far, I am completely happy with the change. On desktop, it's still a little rough around the edges, and a few oddities need to be ironed out here and there, but that's nothing compared with the ocean of pain that were snaps for me and my company.

Still a little nostalgic, though, after 17 years of Ubuntu 🫠

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