I was fine with Ubuntu until they started Snappifying every package and replacing the .deb packages in apt with stubs for their Snaps. All of the other annoyances were manageable, but that was a bridge too far.
If I type apt-get install foo, I expect apt to resolve the dependencies for the foo package and install those. Instead, Ubuntu replaces the foo package with a stub that downloads the snap for it instead (as well as snapd if you have chosen to remove it).
Before that, Ubuntu was fine albeit a little bloated. I’ve since gone back to vanilla Debian and couldn’t be happier.
The company goes against the Linux philosophy in everything it does. Ubuntu as an OS is more like Microsoft than Linux, in spirit; we’re going to tell you how the system operates and you’ll deal with it. Litany of privacy issuesby default. And like the Admiral says below, the insanity of snap bullshit. Oh, and then there’s thiscrap.
I just opened the hiring process link out of curiosity, and I read it. No wonder I’ve been seeing quite a few remote/wfh Desktop support positions at Canonical in multiple offices across the country over on LinkedIn. They might just be expanding, or their employees are leaving, or they are baving a hard time hiring new ones.
Yeah there’s a few different right answers but Ubuntu/Canonical is definitely one of them.
Newbie here. Why Ubuntu/ canonical?
I was fine with Ubuntu until they started Snappifying every package and replacing the .deb packages in apt with stubs for their Snaps. All of the other annoyances were manageable, but that was a bridge too far.
If I type
apt-get install foo, I expect apt to resolve the dependencies for thefoopackage and install those. Instead, Ubuntu replaces thefoopackage with a stub that downloads the snap for it instead (as well as snapd if you have chosen to remove it).Before that, Ubuntu was fine albeit a little bloated. I’ve since gone back to vanilla Debian and couldn’t be happier.
The company goes against the Linux philosophy in everything it does. Ubuntu as an OS is more like Microsoft than Linux, in spirit; we’re going to tell you how the system operates and you’ll deal with it. Litany of privacy issues by default. And like the Admiral says below, the insanity of snap bullshit. Oh, and then there’s this crap.
I just opened the hiring process link out of curiosity, and I read it. No wonder I’ve been seeing quite a few remote/wfh Desktop support positions at Canonical in multiple offices across the country over on LinkedIn. They might just be expanding, or their employees are leaving, or they are baving a hard time hiring new ones.