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?

    • packetloss@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      This.

      I just went from Arch to Debian 12 Bookworm. Running the stable branch, but so far most of the packages are rather recent. Kernel is 6.1 instead of 6.4, but I could switch to the Testing or Unstable branch to get the “bleeding edge” packages/kernels if I need to. But honestly so far it’s been a real pleasure to use. Everything is just working and is stable.

      • LeFantome@programming.dev
        5·
        1 year ago

        Debian 12 was just released. Compare it to Arch even six months from now and see how current the packages are. Then compare it again in 18 months.

        I am a happy Arch user but I must admit the constant kernel updates can seem a bit much. An experiment I have considered is moving to Debian 12 and using distrobox to get access to Arch repos and the AUR. I would use the Debian stuff as much as possible but for anything missing or anything that I really need to be more current, I could just fall back to the Arch repos.

        It could be the best of both worlds.

      • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I switched from Arch to Debian Stable as well. I grabbed the Xanmod kernel repo for a more recent kernel, and use Flatpaks and Homebrew for some cutting edge stuff. I don’t miss anything from Arch so far.

        • PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          don’t miss anything from Arch so far.

          same I switched to debian testing. best experience. never had issues since a year. Arch usually borked once in this period.