Gnome shell extensions

[Tommy Trussell]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 7:56 AM Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:13 AM Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 4:45 AM Dianne Reuby via ubuntu-users <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Tom. But I've already installed chrome-gnome-shell as per
> >> the documentation page. Rerunning the command tells me I have the
> >> latest version installed, but I still get the browser message.
> >
> > That "native host connector" error sounds familiar to me... If you
> > don't mind, open a terminal and enter the following command (but
> > don't type the $)
>
> You may have found the problem!
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1741074
>

YES be sure to login to launchpad and click the "this affects me" toggle a
couple of lines below the title.

I'm glad my prod assisted with the problem, HOWEVER I'm disappointed that
the problem has not been solved, because if/when the person upgrades
Ubuntu, there's no other option for Chromium but the snap version starting
in Ubuntu 19.10. (At starting at some release the apt version installs a
hook that brings in the snap version.)

I believe I understand the motivation behind the snap versions, especially
forf often-updated apps like web browsers and Gimp because it takes a LOT
of programmer hours to keep the deb versions updated for three or four
Ubuntu releases at a time, but a single snap (or flatpak) version can be
run on lots of different releases and different distributions. But
unfortunately there are still major kinks.

It only annoys me slightly that that my password manager isn't working (I
can still copy and paste passwords, after all). But (at least in Chromium)
the windows don't work exactly the same and webapps don't work at all. SO
to me, snaps are a promising technology that "aren't quite ready for prime
time."
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