Enough of it! Ubuntu to Ditch Snap Completely With 24.04 LTS Naughty Nightingale

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On this historic date, Canonical has decided to abandon the Snap project and remove it completely in the upcoming release of 24.04 codenamed Naughty Nightingale.

ABHISHEK
April 1, 2023 . 9:43 AM
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Despite putting so much weight behind Snap, Ubuntu continues to lose in the race of 'universal Linux packaging'.

While all kinds of distros are adopting Fedora's Flatpak, Ubuntu's Snap is being rejected even by Ubuntu-based distros like Linux Mint and elementary OS.

Nitrux, Vanilla, gLinux, and many more distros have ditched Ubuntu for Debian, and Snap probably played a role in the decision-making.

This continued rejection has disheartened the Snap team, who worked hard to force people into liking Snap by disguising Snap apps as apt packages.

So, in a recent discussion at UbuntuCon, Canonical management decided to phase out Snap development and its integration into Ubuntu core.

After the initial resistance, some Linux users have started liking Snap, just as few people got attached to Unity. This is a scary situation for us. From Ubuntu One to Unity and Mir, we have abandoned projects in the past. We can do it again for the greater good.
The development is ceased immediately and the work will begin to decouple Snap from Ubuntu. The next LTS release, 24.04 Naughty Nightingale, will see no traces of Snap.

Not everyone is happy with the decision, of course.

In an anonymous Reddit post, a Snap developer shares:

Snap is a craft and we have crafted the Snap to perfection. We worked so hard that if anyone searches for 'how to install xyz application on Linux', the Snapcraft pages comes up first to suggest using Snap packages. And now our effort is being discarded in a Snap.
The Canonical management is aware of the concern. They are considering open sourcing Snap so that others can pick up the project to continue the development, just like Ubuntu Touch and Unity.

If someone wants to develop a 'Ubuntu Snap Remix', we could even consider awarding it official flavor status, Canonical revealed.

This decision has left all the Snap fans in shock and denial. But the decision has been made and this date will become part of history. Mark the date.

You can read the official discussion and announcement on the page below.

Official Announcement
 


A bit late.....but.....it probably had you going for a little while ?
 
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I don't buy it since the article has a publish date of:
April 1, 2023 . 9:43 AM
It's probably an April fools joke.
 
Well done, Maarten !
 
April 1st notwithstanding; all joking aside, I can see it happening. Shuttleworth has a long history of backing the losing horse.

  • Unity....down the pan
  • Ubuntu Mobile ('Touch -> "Convergence").....down the pan
  • The 'Mir' display server.....down the pan
  • Snaps probably WILL be the next thing to go.....down the pan

This one isn't so far-fetched. And I HAVE heard it said - many times - that it's mostly only Mark's personal fortune that is keeping Canonical afloat.......that the company regularly posts a sizeable deficit, year on year. How true THAT is, I couldn't say.

(shrug)


Mike. :rolleyes:
 
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A bit late.....but.....it probably had you going for a little while ?

Not me, lol, I looked at the time you posted and noted that for most of the rest of the world, it was still April 1.

Nice try, though :)

Wiz
 
SleuthWizard !!
 
I want to believe ... * coughs * I do not really have any gripes against any packaging formats in particular, in my eyes having variety of choice as an user is something that I have come to expect from Linux.

My favorite is source tarballs, and I avoid using pre-built binaries; I always enjoy a good and tech'y April Fools' joke.
 
Goddamn it! I got my hopes up then.
I actually thought for a second that they were going to remove snapcraft.
I was an early adopter of snapcraft on Debian and I really didn’t like it. I think it’s a terrible way of implementing so called ‘universal’ packaging.
 
Goddamn it! I got my hopes up then.
I actually thought for a second that they were going to remove snapcraft.
I was an early adopter of snapcraft on Debian and I really didn’t like it. I think it’s a terrible way of implementing so called ‘universal’ packaging.
Agreed....in Spades.
 
I knew it as soon as I saw the title. I am not that gullible.

By the way, did you know that the word "gullible" is not actually a dictionary word? Just look in your dictionary, and you will see for yourself. (It was made up by Lewis Carroll for his poem, Jaberwocky.)
 
I knew it as soon as I saw the title. I am not that gullible.

By the way, did you know that the word "gullible" is not actually a dictionary word? Just look in your dictionary, and you will see for yourself. (It was made up by Lewis Carroll for his poem, Jaberwocky.)
That post #15 is also an attempt at an April Fool's joke ... by the way :)
 
Should I be the one to tell him that it is actually

Jabberwocky?

No joke

Wiz
 
I knew it as soon as I saw the title. I am not that gullible.

By the way, did you know that the word "gullible" is not actually a dictionary word? Just look in your dictionary, and you will see for yourself. (It was made up by Lewis Carroll for his poem, Jaberwocky.)
....and if you believe THAT, then you're the "gullible" one..! :p

Can't catch us out that easy, Sphen! I first heard this one at school, almost 50 years ago...

Wasn't April Fools day yesterday.....hmm?


Mike. ;)
 

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