I don't see how Ubuntu is any less complicated than say, Fedora. I also really don't like their use of CLAs and their attempt to use their desktop presence to push Ubuntu-specific technologies like Mir, Unity, and Snap.
Snap was here before flatpack, what should a company like Canonical do if they want to try something new? Use planted developers in GNOME or other projects to push projects as dependencies into all distributions?
If you do not like Canonical do not use their products, use other distro or BSD. Unity was a nice attempt to get a simple desktop that is not a slave of GNOME designers ideas, unfortunately it fails but I do not understand why people like you are against of options (only if the option is from Canonical) even if Canonical always tried to support all the DEs.
They shouldn't hardcode Snap to depend on snapcraft.io, its really that simple.
On the desktop I use Kubuntu LTS, snaps will allow me to test or run software that is not in the repo or it is an older but sable version in the repo, IMO snaps provides extra options so if you do not need it you should not use it.
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/9oddtb/flatpaks_sand...
Anyway I see some colaboration between the 2 projects so let's not create conflict between this 2 projects where there is none, snap covers more at this moment then flatpack
You mean the distro that coudn't even play an mp3 out of the box? Jeez, I don't know how non-tech people could see this as more complicated...
ChromeOS is an ideal Linux for users like this. Keep updates atomic and the underlying system completely hidden.
I set apt-get upgrades to go every month or so automatically. Kernel upgrades happen on reboot. Doesn't even notice!
From experience, this is a terrible idea.
ChromeOS is the only one that I have never had issues with when it comes to silent updates. Windows (document deletion in RS3), MacOS (scanner issues in Sierra), Ubuntu (rsyslog errors preventing Bionic upgrades) have had various issues over the years that I would not impose upon non-technical users. Granted these were major releases, but silent updates are generally trouble.
I like the definition above; a non-technical user is one that does not know what a codec is.
> From experience, this is a terrible idea.
> ... Granted these were major releases, but silent updates are generally trouble.
Running major updates automatically doesn't seem like a good idea, no.
But I've had few problems with running security updates automatically.
That said, i've found the long term stability of Fedora to be better than Ubuntu. The main reason I switched was I had a few instances where I upgraded, and several things on my system just broke. That hasn't happened to me with Fedora.
Pre-26 I'd agree with you.