Linux is different from rest operating systems like windows when it comes to the installation of packages and updates. We know that snaps are easy to maintain and install, making it newbie-friendly.
Why Linux mint has some problem?. It's not only for Linux mint but also users like us. Ubuntu in its latest update 20.04 announced that the deb package for chromium quietly redirects to snap package instead of aptitude (apt) without users' consent. This makes users cannot modify, audit, point to a different store, the applications that present in the store. This finally gives control to the developer or the owner). This is how some operating systems do give no options to the users. This looks ugly in Linux world. And it's against gnu.org philosophy:
Linux Mint in its next release (later June 2020) would forbid apt to install snaps. But you can install it somehow, which will be documented in the release notes.
Why Linux mint has some problem?. It's not only for Linux mint but also users like us. Ubuntu in its latest update 20.04 announced that the deb package for chromium quietly redirects to snap package instead of aptitude (apt) without users' consent. This makes users cannot modify, audit, point to a different store, the applications that present in the store. This finally gives control to the developer or the owner). This is how some operating systems do give no options to the users. This looks ugly in Linux world. And it's against gnu.org philosophy:
In outrageous cases (though this outrage has become quite usual) proprietary programs are designed to spy on the users, restrict them, censor them, and abuse them. For instance, the operating system of Apple iThings does all of these, and so does Windows on mobile devices with ARM chips. Windows, mobile phone firmware, and Google Chrome for Windows include a universal back door that allows some company to change the program remotely without asking permission. The Amazon Kindle has a back door that can erase books.
Linux Mint in its next release (later June 2020) would forbid apt to install snaps. But you can install it somehow, which will be documented in the release notes.
Sunday, June 7, 2020
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