Ubuntu installers?

[Colin Law]

On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 12:04, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 22:46, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 10:37, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Just produce a distribution that has a single package manager
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>> Isn't this exactly what Ubuntu is aiming for with snaps?
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> IDK, but if that is so, then am I correct in thinking that every other package manager can be removed and installed as a snap if the user wants something else?

I said aiming towards.  They are nowhere near that at the moment, an
in practice will probably never get there.  Ubuntu core does only have
snaps I believe.

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>> To be frank though I don't really see what the problem is.  For less
>> technically minded users, using the Desktop version, there should not
>> be a problem as everything they want should be available via the
>> Software Manager.  For the more competent users the fact that there is
>> a choice of tools and sources available allows them to choose the one
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> So, let the user make this choice if they don't like what has been provided.

The user can (and does) make that choice.  I am not sure what your
point is there.

> I think that over time, fewer users would be inclined to choose another package manager because the bundled option would become the preferred one merely because it was the most accessible. Users would pick it up without too much effort and misery and vendors would deploy their software to it because that's where their users know. Virtuous circles.

What do you mean by the 'bundled option'?

Colin L