Snapd...Never Again!

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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