Not sure what others are doing to use Ubuntu (23.04) without snaps, but this is what I am doing:

  • for Firefox I found a guide here
  • for chromium I am actually using the Linux Mint packages (which work absolutely fine), and I have just set up a small repository I can add to apt:
deb [arch=amd64 allow-insecure=yes] http://snapless.cmeerw.net victoria upstream
  • this just syncs from Linux Mint and only republishes chromium in the Packages file (with downloads redirected to a Linux Mint mirror). BTW, I am not signing these…

What are others doing?

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    1 year ago

    My solution is using a distro that doesn’t try to force snaps on me.

    If you want the ubuntu base, why not use mint?

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      1 year ago

      Mint would be based on Ubuntu 22.04, but I’d like to have something more up-to-date. I believe all other .deb based distros have the same issue that they are not as up-to-date as Ubuntu 23.04?

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        1 year ago

        None of them are like arch where you can read news about an update and find that you just have it installed already.

        Given you’re on ubuntu and therefore not at the bleeding edge anyways, it won’t be a big difference. My personal choice for stuff that just needs to work is debian. I carry debian LTS with the full KDE pack on my ventoy and it’s been great. I also heard very good things about testing and Sid, but I haven’t tried them myself.