Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/ubuntu-23-10-new-app-store-deb-support
Subheading: I Will Demote Ubuntu 23.10
SRS, WTF. Who’s asking for this?
Subheading: I Will Demote Ubuntu 23.10
SRS, WTF. Who’s asking for this?
Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently)
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 get too exc...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Paolo Redaelli
in reply to Tek say resist • • •@onepict
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
in reply to Paolo Redaelli • • •Paolo Redaelli
in reply to Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: • • •I returned to full #Debian macchine 5-6 years ago. Situation is way better than it once was. Also thanks to #flatpak the omnipresence of Ubuntu is not that relevant anymore
@tek
Rouge
in reply to Paolo Redaelli • • •The real problem is that they ship less stuff on deb and more on snap, which is now basically a proprietary tool, since nobody else is using it much (flatpak and appimage are much more used). Conversely on the server side, the (docker) container is a dominating format.
Thus it seem that this move is just a (clumsy) try to lock-in the user base or to build a proprietary app store. Will keep stayng w. debian.