Is there concern for snaps or flatpaks? Checking my own stuff it looks like applications using bundled liblzma are running in the 5.2.* - 5.4.* versions, but if someone has a bleeding edge application running an affected version, what would the remediation be? Would uninstalling it be sufficient?
I updated to #Ubuntu 22.04 yesterday and got a little notification that my #apt Firefox was being switched to #snap. Weird flex, but okay.
Today, when I tried to open my local #Rust documentation with rustup doc --book, I got a page that said that the access to the file was denied.
It turns out that #snap prevents firefox opening files in hidden folders and the best workaround is to create a symbolic link to a non-hidden folder. WTH?
I don't understand what is the point of releasing an IDE via #flatpak, when that flatpak doesn't include all the necessary dev tools, and it can't access the ones outside its sandboxing. Honestly. What's the point? I'm looking at you, #Geany.
Personally, I can't stand flatpaks or #snap. #Appimage is nicer just because it's just one delete away from within the file manager and doesn't leave crumbs everywhere. But overall, I prefer #apt, and #dnf.
So, I had this thread a (few?) year(s) ago or so about how I can no longer recommend Ubuntu for new Linux users, that got a bit of traction.
Now I really have to insist that you don't either! And again Snap is the biggest part of it. Canonical is putting their users in danger, this is very much not ok!
The #Republican US House Budget Committee has passed a proposal for a harmful "fiscal commission" and Speaker Johnson is planning to slip this Trojan horse into must-pass legislation. Instead of seeking equitable solutions and sacrifices from the wealthy, this commission will lay the groundwork for slashing Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs responsible for critical human needs. #SafetyNet#Conservatives#Medicaid#Medicare#SNAP
I assume there is a very good technical reason for #Ubuntu to use #snap, but honestly, after years of getting #Linux more and more approachable by casual users, having to fiddle with the command line every few weeks because the system complains it can't update this or that feels like a huge step back.