spicy pancakeOct 17

another "snap bad" post

https://lemmy.zip/post/51140263

Show threadRandom Dent
I just don’t see the point of them when there are flatpaks. I’m not super knowledgeable on Snaps so maybe there’s some huge benefit I don’t know about, but they always just seemed like a worse version of flatpak to me.
Oct 17 at 3:10pmWeb
Show threadILikeBoobiesOct 17

I don’t see the point of flatpaks when there are appimages.

Anyway last I heard snap has terminal/server apps and more system interaction.

Show threadHollaOct 17
What I like about flatpaks over appimages is that they will get updated, be included in the application list, and not live inside my Downloads Directory
Show threadAnotherPenguinOct 17
Also deduplication is nice
Show threadILikeBoobiesOct 17
You might like that snaps can update themselves.
Show threadMyNameIsIgglePiggleOct 17
I have been using an app called gear lever to manage my app images and I am very happy.
Show threadharsh3466Oct 17
The huge benefit (to canonical) is that they control the store/repo.
Show threadInFerNoOct 17
How exactly is that a benefit?
Show threadharsh3466Oct 17

I should have added a /s.

Canonical controls the back end and that (along with how canonical has treated snaps in Ubuntu pulling them in with apt calls) are two major reasons snaps get (justified) hate

Show threadlengauOct 18
Everything on the system, including the desktop, kernel, and CUPS, can be installed by snap.
Show threadFizzOct 19

The benefit to me is that snaps update as soon as the patch is pushed and they sandbox better than flatpak. Its also easier to maintain a snap from a dev perspective (idk if thats true I just read it on some fourm)

I prefer flatpak because i like the name and flathub better but the development has kind of stagnated and a lot of their benefits are non existent. Flatpak sandbox is kind of a meme at the moment because most apps ask for way to many perms just to work.