Snapless Ubuntu

cmeerw@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml – 56 points –

Not sure what others are doing to use Ubuntu (23.04) without snaps, but this is what I am doing:

  • for Firefox I found a guide here
  • for chromium I am actually using the Linux Mint packages (which work absolutely fine), and I have just set up a small repository I can add to apt:
deb [arch=amd64 allow-insecure=yes] http://snapless.cmeerw.net victoria upstream
  • this just syncs from Linux Mint and only republishes chromium in the Packages file (with downloads redirected to a Linux Mint mirror). BTW, I am not signing these...

What are others doing?

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It always did, though. Just unofficially.

Was it unofficial? I thought it was merely opt-in, but still official

The install images that included the non-free-firmware were marked as "unofficial".