Snapd...Never Again!

kyrios

downhill I then learned that Snap is a proprietary system

https://github.com/snapcore/snapd -> GPL-3.0

downhill

kyrios Thank you for correcting my ignorance. However, I still dislike the tech and so does Chris Titus.

palto42

downhill With eopkg info you don't search for a package but ask to list the info for specific package.
The correct CLI command to search a package would be eopkg search opera.

downhill

palto42 Thank you; always learning something new about Linux.

downhill

Okay, Josh tagging my post with his thoughts fired me up, so I decided to retrack where I got my info from. As Kyrios stated, snapd is GPL and so open source, but the snap packager installs from a proprietary source. And before anyone replies stating that you can create your own Snap source, watch the Chris Titus video in my second previous post.

YuriTheHenrique

I don't like snap, I pretty much prefer appimages or flathub, snap gave me problems before, and I don't trust it, first thing I do when I install Solus anywhere is uninstall snapd.
It is great for UX to come preinstalled, but I hate to have it in my computers, maybe it is just a question of taste.

downhill

YuriTheHenrique I prefer static portable builds when I can't get the program via my Linux repos, or if I want a more up-to-date version; e.g. under Debian Stable.

jppelt

Anyone know where "Spotify" comes from? It is indicated as third party in the software center. I assume Solus does not use Snapd but wondered where most of the 3rd party apps came from. The longer I stay with Solus the happier I am. Distro Hopper :tm: no longer.

Harvey

jppelt
Apps in the third party section are for software that can not be distributed by Solus due to licensing restrictions. The software is downloaded directly from the upstream source.

So in the case of spotify it downloads the .deb package distributed by spotify themselves and repackages it on your system into a .eopkg for usage on Solus.

Solus supports snap, flatpak and appimage packages too if you prefer to use them.

jppelt

Harvey Thanks! I am good with AppImage and flatpack but try to avoid Snapd. I think I'll put in a request to take the DasKeyboard Q .deb software package and repackage into a .eopkg

Harvey

jppelt
The third party section is no longer accepting new additions (It will go away eventually).

jppelt

Harvey Fair enough. I'll use AppImage or Flatpack is absolutely necessary. I just do not like the way Ubuntu manages Snapd. Love to see this distro keep evolving.

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