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I like both, but usually prefer Ubuntu(slrpnk.net)

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x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Flatpak can’t run CLI apps. Also, they started around the same time. Flatpak in 2015 and Snap in 2016. This is like saying dnf shouldn’t exist because apt is a thing.

Why would Canonical abandon their own solution because some people online complain?

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The question that I have to ask: what category of CLI apps (or even some examples) exist that are too complex to maintain a few versions simultaneously as native packages but are not complex enough to just use an OCI container for them instead?

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Personally I use (and maintain) snaps for several developer tools I use, because the automatic updates through snap means I can have automatically up-to-date tools with the same package across my Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch and OpenSuSE machines.

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iopq@lemmy.world
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Install CLI packages with Nix. You don’t need a proprietary system

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Nix on non-NixOS distributions would be great, if it would support installing apps into the users home directory instead of a global directory (without recompiling everything).

(When I looked into it, it wasn’t possible, but if you made it work, please share.)

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lengau@midwest.social
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Snaps predate flatpaks though.

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So why would Canonical switch to another technology that came after what they made and doesn’t cover their biggest use cases for snaps?

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