On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 02:02 -0600, Robin Laing wrote:
I am finding many applications that I use are no longer being
supported on Fedora or there are not enough people working to keep
applications updated. I have started to use SNAP software to get
current versions or applications at all.
I think you'll find that problem across various different distros.
There's a push for one or more types of so-called universal packate
(snap, appimage), where one file supposedly runs on different distros.
While the idea sounds good in practice, and probably suits some people
who want to be the sole distributor/compiler of their program, the
trouble is that all the OSs are different and you find things don't
work on some distros. Then you'll get told to switch distros, instead
of them fixing the problem (if they even can).
I find I can't print with these things, I have to export a PDF file and
print that. It's a cumbersome annoyance. And at some stage the PDF
application will probably become an appimage, and I won't be able to
print from that.
Another problem is that we'll step away from one big advantage Fedora,
Ubuntu et al, have: Their own file repositories. Currently, issuing a
simple "yum update" or "dnf update" updates *all* your software, when
you want to.
When you move away from everything comes from your repos, to everything
comes from somewhere else, you go back to the Windows model; where you
have to manually update each program, or each program checks for
updates when you fire it up (delaying you using it). And programs
install auto-launchers that run every time you log in, so a dozen
different things all check home with mummy to see if they need
updating.
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