The controversy around snaps is growing :-(

[Tom H]

On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 8:23 PM Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2020 19:35:54 +0200, Tom H wrote:


>> It may not make sense to you, but without apparmor or selinux, Snaps
>> are well-confined.

_AREN"T_ well-confined/fully-confined.


> It's not important to me. I'm using Linux for some tasks, while I
> plan to test again, if FreeBSD might be the better choice for my
> needs. For a lot of tasks I migrated to iPadOS. Mainly for pro-audio,
> which on the first place might sound unreasonable, but it isn't,
> apart from some iPadOS pitfalls, the proprietary audio software is
> way beyond Linux audio software. The second reason for this migration
> are graphic apps, already self-explaining in the first place ... my
> iPadPro has got a 12.9 inch touch screen and the Apple Pencil 2 is a
> class of it's own.

Apple publishes and supports very good software for publishing and
design and too, and has always been a favorite in that field. Since
the advent of the iPhone and the iPad many people in finance and other
professions where Macs were practically non-existent fifteen years ago
are now big Mac users.


> Don't get me wrong, I'm still pro Linux, even valued members of the
> FreeBSD community endorsed my opinions pro Linux on
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org against an Anti-Linux troll last month.

I've seen that thread, and read a few of the posts. In general,
though, Linux isn't highly regarded on that list.


> On Sun, 3 May 2020 20:56:47 +0200, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 11:33 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Some of my colleagues in the Linux business have commented on the
>>> intrusiveness of snaps.
>>
>> More than Android and iOS apps?
>
> Actually for developers iOS and iPadOS are a pain, while Android is
> completely unusable for pro audio, but regarding pro audio, Linux is
> unable to hold a candle to iOS and iPadOS. Anybody claiming the
> contrary, is not a good professional audio engineer.

OK; I'm not surprised. But my point about Android and iOS was about
some Ubuntu users complaining about _using_ Snaps, and yet are most
likely happily using the Snap-like apps on Android and iOS.