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Thanks Brodie, I love this video! From the good old times a few years into working at #Canonical. #CUPS already used by every distro for several years, but not all apps sent jobs in PDF format yet, several, like OpenOffice (predecessor of #LibreOffice) still sent PostScript, standard of old #Unix times. And printers still needed drivers and some manufacturers made (usually closed-source) ones, and everyone with an integration more awkward than the other ...
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Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/oh-s…
Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps
After repeatedly suffering issues with scam apps making it onto the Snap Store, Canonical maker of Ubuntu Linux have now decided to manually look over submissions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Normally I would be the type commenting on the irrational component to controversial perceptions around the #Snap ecosystem.
But in this case even I would say that #Canonical are bang to rights given the repeat occurrences and the types of mitigation they could have introduced.
If they are only trying to avoid cost or amplifying the fear of it becoming a walled-garden then the current approach is biased too far in the other direction on both counts.
Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store! gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/knoc…
Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store!
No this isn't a joke, sadly. Canonical once again have a problem with scam apps appearing on the Snap Store, which is becoming a repeating problem.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Snap store from Canonical (Ubuntu) hit with another crypto scam app gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/snap…
Snap store from Canonical (Ubuntu) hit with another crypto scam app
Not the first time this has happened, but recently the Snap store from Canonical hosted a scam bitcoin app that claimed to be "Exodus wallet" that caused a user to lose money.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cross-distribution support improvements coming for Canonical's Snap packages gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/cros…
#Linux #Snap #Canonical #Ubuntu
Cross-distribution support improvements coming for Canonical's Snap packages
Well, 2024 should be interesting for Linux packaging! While many distributions use different packaging formats like deb, rpm and others there's also Flatpak for cross-distro support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Well, #Snap may be better on the #Server side but considering the "standard by consensus" on #FLOSS they should admit defeat and go with #FlatPak.
Espechally since #Canonical doesn't seem to yet provide the benefit of a #centralized #repo in the form of #QualityControl and #Verification of #Developers...
@BrodieOnLinux took a look at the case:
youtube.com/watch?v=1zl_Y8vSte…
Malware Discovered On Ubuntu's Snap Store
No matter what application store you're using you need to be wary that sometimes moderation practices either fail or are not in place and malicious applicati...YouTube
OFC, one does always buy into an #Ecosystem...
I think #Canonical should not #hamfist #Snap too hard and instead work towards a safe alliance to enshure portability of #Linux applications across Distros to replace the #RedHat dominance and avoid a #Duopoly if not #Tripoly for their own sake.
Which reminds me that @EU_Commission not calling out #RHEL and #Autodesk as #Market #Gatekeepers shows that those decisionmakers know shit about #tech.
Also, Snaps are only available from proprietary snapstore, which sucks. But if Ubuntu is really succeeding to control all these apps and keep their store save, AND have a Desktop that containerizes everything, that would be great!
So with Official Ubuntu comes also official security, signed ISOs and so on.
Sp basically @ubuntu #Canonical failed to provide the main benefit of their #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider #Solution aka. #Snap & #Snapcraft:
Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/snap…
Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps
Canonical are currently dealing with a security incident with the Snap store, after users noticed multiple fake apps were uploaded so temporary limits have been put in place.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#LXD container-management system is no longer a part of the linuxcontainers.org/ project:
#Canonical, the creator and main contributor of the LXD project has decided that after over 8 years as part of the Linux Containers community, the project would now be better served directly under Canonical’s own set of projects. lwn.net/Articles/937369/
LXD moves into Canonical
The LXD container-management system is no longer a part of the linuxcontainers.org project: Canonical, the creator and main contributor of the LXD project has decided that after over 8 years as part of the Linux Containers community, the project…lwn.net
This is a fantastic development! We should also thank forward-looking distros like @elementary and its AppCenter for Everyone initiative for paving the way.
Now, will #Canonical follow this move with Snap? Because I'd much rather support an ecosystem that in turn has the mechanisms in place to support the developers.
#FlatHub #Flatpak #Snap #Linux
gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/flat…
Flathub seeks funding to add payments, donations and subscriptions
Making the rounds recently is a proposal being made to add in payments, donations and subscriptions options to Flathub.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Ubuntu is drawing an ideological line in the sand that no-one has asked it to make."
omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/ubuntu…
Ubuntu Flavors Agree to Stop Using Flatpak
Flatpak will no longer feature in the default install of Ubuntu's 8 official flavors, with devs agreeing to only support deb and snap software OOTB.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)