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3v1n0 commented on Sonny Piers was removed from the GNOME Foundation board discourse.gnome.org/t/upd... · Posted by u/OmegaDungeon
Ubuntu desktop is Ubuntu desktop, not Gnome desktop.
It uses Gnome but it isn't Gnome.
It's 99% GNOME with few additions that can be disabled if you want a more pure experience
Ubuntu is a classic distro, meaning hard-to-automate for deployments with invitation to buy services for that purpose, so offer no advantage in stability and reliability compared to modern declarative distros like NixOS or Guix System with their essentially read-only system, easy custom deploy and replication, easy rebuild, as a fresh install every time, easily poor man IllumOS Boot Environments with their linked generations.
"Normal users", meaning non tech-savvy ones are Windows or OSX targets, because with Ubuntu they still need to use a terminal a bit more than Microsoft/Apple stuff, and they still have to deploy their own systems. For a bit more "power users" having to manually deploy an official ISO than customize it or keep it up polluted, an update at a time, is a NIGHTMARE. Try to upgrade a normal Ubuntu for few releases and you'll see things breaking, you fix the manually augmented the entropy. With a declarative distro any updated inter-release and cross-release is a fresh install out of your config, no forgotten fixes/hacks no leftovers.
Those who claim Ubuntu as stable are stuck in a far past, before declarative distros exists.
Are you telling me that to me who installed his current production system using lucid lynx (e.g. 10.04 - you can do the math)?!?
No way. Flatpaks are clearly represented in the software shops of their adopted distros (I use Fedora and Pop!_OS, both of which use Flatpak).
From the software shop GUI, I can choose flatpak or dnf/apt from the dropdown. From the command-line, flatpak has its own commands (vs. apt silent under-the-hood behavior).
Flatpak is better than Snap. I use Flatpak for commercial software (Discord, Steam, etc.), but it remains my choice as a user.
You can just use both in any distro. Really no difference.
Unless that snap allows lower level usage (services, kernel...)
Sorry but... At the Unity (WM) time Ubuntu was the distro able to satisfy both end users and techies, adopting Gnome SHell they already say "we are like others", than pushing CRAP like snap have completed the game. Back than Ubuntu have ceased to be interested for anyone with a bit of competence and have started to be annoying for generic users.
NixOS today is not in an excellent shape, but is the go-to distro of any tech savvy, Arch have intercepted old-schools users locked in a far past, Guix System try to thrive, Ubuntu now is on par of classic RH in crappiness and commercial conduct.
I understand in part what you mean, but ubuntu is also a disto that many users relay on for its stability and reliability, not just for being an hacker toy.
I still use like that and anyone can, but normal users are the main target.
Does Canonical push their changes upstream to Debian?
We do for good parts.
For example, in the gnome team we do the uploads first to debian then we merge them with the Ubuntu changes if any, but we try as much as possible to use the same sources for both.
Check debian salsa to see the differences.
App designers need to understand that their opinions on how the app should look and work are just that: opinions. Opinions they should keep to themselves.