Ubuntu 23.10's New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently) - OMG! Ubuntu
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A new 'app store' is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it's released in October — and it'll debut with a notable change to DEB support. Don't

A new ‘app store’ is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it’s released in October — and it’ll debut with a notable change to DEB support.

  • @EddyBot@feddit.de
    3•1 year ago

    I’m kinda baffled people would jump ship because of this matter
    Snaps have been a thing for 7 years and before that Canonical did similar really weird things (Amazon shopping lense a decade ago anyone?)

    anyone who really cares already uses something else

    • stravanasuEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      It’s just because I’m a newbie – having been using Linux for one year, and started with Ubuntu simply because that was shipped ready with my laptop. I haven’t found the time to try any other distro yet, because of work & lack of time.

      Indeed I remember I was thinking about moving to Linux years ago, exactly when the Amazon-Ubuntu craziness happened, so I thought “some other time”.

      Regarding snap & flatpak: I simply don’t like the redundancy philosophy behind them.

      • @nani8ot@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        If it works, don’t switch distros. There’s always an OS which does sth. better.

        • stravanasuEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          That’s also true! Sometimes out of curiosity I might explore with "live cd"s rather than really reinstalling a distro.

          • @nani8ot@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3•1 year ago

            Trying sth new is never a bad idea. From live cd’s, over vm’s or distrobox containers, it makes you more comfortable in switching between environments.