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Why is snaps hated

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I see people hate snap packaging and removing it if their OS support it. Is it because it’s NOT fully open-source or just due to how the technology works?

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rutrum@lm.paradisus.day
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Examining my disk partitions with df is ruined now. Every snap gets its own virtual disk.

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1337@1337lemmy.com
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Ha I was just listening to the Linux Unplugged podcast and the guy was just complaining about this same thing

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cmeerw@programming.dev
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I wonder if that could easily be fixed by just filtering the output of df to not show virtual disks (df already has an -l option to only show local disks, so would expect that changing df could be relatively easy).

Note: I am not saying that I like snaps…

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Jagger2097@lemmy.world
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It seems incredibly shortsighted to go this way. Sure 1 or 2 is fine, but when the whole os is snaps it’s abusing the system.

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BlessedDog@lemmy.ml
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This is the reason I got rid of snaps

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pazukaza@lemmy.ml
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Just create an alias that filters loop devices. I mean, if this is your only problem with snap, you can fix it in a second. But I’m betting you have other problems with it.

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