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   Bobbie Sellers to red floyd   
   Re: Why snap again?   
   17 May 23 15:13:05   
   
   From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On 5/17/23 08:24, red floyd wrote:   
   > On 5/17/2023 4:08 AM, Henry Crun wrote:   
   >> On 17/05/2023 13:33, Marco Moock wrote:   
   >>> Am 14.05.2023 schrieb "Jonathan N. Little" :   
   >>>   
   >>>> So why are we defaulting to snap for Firefox?   
   >>>   
   >>> Because Canonical wants to force users to snap. Because users don't like   
   >>> it and don't use it voluntarily, it must be harder for them to avoid it.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Well, all it really does is push users to try other distros (in my   
   >> case mxlinux)   
   >> which have stuck with no systemd, and therefore no snap.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Technically, systemd and snap are orthogonal.  You can have either one   
   > without the other.  Personally, I hate both, and am looking for a new   
   > distro.  I'll probably suffer with systemd, but go for a snap-free one.   
   >   
   >   
   	Why suffer with systemd or snap.   
   	Lots of good distros with neither.   
   	I use PCLinuxOS, a rolling release using neither Snap nor systemd.   
   Linux 6.3.2 and KDE 5.27.5   
      
   	bliss - my dental anesthesia is wearing off.-“Nearly any fool can use a   
   GNU/Linux computer. Many do.” After all here I am...   
   	   
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