Ubuntu Core Desktop - presented by Ken VanDine at SCaLE 2024
Ubuntu Core Desktop - presented by Ken VanDine at SCaLE 2024
Ubuntu Core Desktop is an immutable distro, takes a different path than most other immutable distros.
- The entire OS is built using snaps, including the kernel and bootloader
- Uses snaps instead of flatpak
- Prefers LXD over distrobox and other projects that use podman
43 1 ReplyNow there's a meme I haven't seen in a while.
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This honestly seems like one of the only things Snaps could be useful for in the future, considering you can update every component of the system with Snaps in a way that you can't with Flatpaks.
That said, I still dislike Snaps and I think it would overall be better for Ubuntu to use the standard packaging format that everybody else seems to be converging on; Flatpaks.
14 1 ReplyCanonical's been selling commercial support for Ubuntu Core for a while now. Why would they abandon it if it's working?
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As a former Ubuntu user, I’m more likely to try Fedora Silverblue at this point.
I like Podman so swapping it out for LXD isn’t compelling.
11 0 ReplyIf you game check out bazzite also 🙏
3 0 ReplyFedora Silverblue is great, it's my daily driver.
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Just don't
ls /dev/loop*
🫣8 1 ReplyYeah just.... Why? Why all those devices? Why auch a mess?
Snap and systemd are the worst things to happen to Linux. Both in Basic, maybe, not a bad idea but the implementation is horrible
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I'm genuinely curious about it. I don't like snaps, but it seems like an interesting concept.
7 1 ReplyIt's a distro with 2 major things I hate. No thanks.
6 1 Replysnap
Aaaaaand we're done here. Fuck snap, no, bad dog!
5 1 Reply4 0 ReplyImmutable IoT thin-client Snap container-based systems seems like a pretty weird kink, but who am I to judge?
4 1 Replysnap refresh me daddy
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