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?

    • @DeuxChevaux
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      61 year ago

      I switched two of our boxes over to Debian “Bookworm”. And so far, I am completely happy with the change. On desktop, it’s still a little rough around the edges, and a few oddities need to be ironed out here and there, but that’s nothing compared with the ocean of pain that were snaps for me and my company.

      Still a little nostalgic, though, after 17 years of Ubuntu 🫠

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Now that Debian is will to ship “non-free” drivers and firmware, I think it has become far more viable.

      • @ladyanita22
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        91 year ago

        It always did, though. Just unofficially.

          • @thalience
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            11 year ago

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