unsnap
Quickly migrate from using snap packages to flatpaks (by popey)
NoFoxGiven
Automated script to remove all traces of Snap from a fresh install, including reinstalling a standalone version of Firefox. Designed for Kubuntu. (by Jacksaur)
| unsnap | NoFoxGiven | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 15 | |
| 972 | 30 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| 5 months ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| MIT License | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
unsnap
Posts with mentions or reviews of unsnap.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-29.
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Need help in Kubuntu: Firefox won't launch. Something about a snap slot not being connected
Might I suggest unsnap?
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Snap to Flatpak script
This seems very similar to Alan Pope's unsnap project - Is there anything you're doing differently? https://github.com/popey/unsnap
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has snapd been obsoleted/ is it now deprecated?
If you are referring to this project, then I'm sorry to tell you that you got it wrong.
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Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default
Reminder that if you don't like snaps, it's pretty easy to migrate away using: https://github.com/popey/unsnap
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How do I get rid of this snap stuff?
Might check out https://github.com/popey/unsnap
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Kubuntu is a great operating system.
You can just use this to remove snap tho: https://github.com/popey/unsnap
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Microsoft to stop selling Windows 10 downloads as part of planned 2025 shutdown | Sales will be cut off on January 31st.
How? Should I follow these instructions? https://github.com/popey/unsnap
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i use manjaro, convince me to switch
The best Debian/Ubuntu-based distro that uses Plasma would probably be Kubuntu with unsnap if you're not a snap fan.
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Distro to daily drive for old laptop
If snaps are your only issue, don't leave Ubuntu. Look into unsnap (https://github.com/popey/unsnap). Determine if your lag is snap related.
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Why is everyone all of a sudden using Fedora?
Snaps are so bad that one of Canonical's star employees left and tweeted about snap issues saying that "They get ignored or dismissed. The CTO flat doesn't believe there's a problem. The team is understanffed and there is no motivation from IoT and enterprise focused people to fix desktop problems. Been trying from the inside for years. I gave up hope and left.". Same guy later went on to create the unsnap repo on github which helps users find replacements for their snap packages among flatpaks etc - and this wasn't a "jaded employee" thing so much as him trying to look out for users' best interests. Good on him.
NoFoxGiven
Posts with mentions or reviews of NoFoxGiven.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-08.
- switching from windows, need recommendations
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Ubuntu keeps updating the 'Non snap Firefox version' to the Snap one.....
I use Kubuntu and just deleted snaps altogether with this https://github.com/Jacksaur/NoFoxGiven
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"When snap was announced it was supposed to be a solution, not a problem."
https://github.com/Jacksaur/NoFoxGiven worked for me
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Virgin Ubuntu
fellow victims of snap, i used this for kubuntu and it worked like a charm https://github.com/Jacksaur/NoFoxGiven
- Default browser shenanigans
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Kubuntu : it's an official release?
You can remove snaps from Kubuntu with just a script.
- What I'm losing out with 5.20.5?
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How to make Kubuntu lighter?
You can replace it with the "Normal" version through a script like mine, or this one, which will convert it to a Flatpak.
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Possibly the most annoying addition to the OS so far.
Fuck Snap.
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the only reason i hate Ubuntu
I hated it so much it made me learn Bash. Thanks, Canonical.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing unsnap and NoFoxGiven you can also consider the following projects:
snap-to-flatpak - A BASH script that removes Snap from an Ubuntu system and replaces it with Flatpak
remove-snap - A bash script to remove snap from ubuntu
custom-desktop - The custom Ubuntu desktop system
slimbookbattery - Slimbook Battery 4
deb-get - apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦
nix-bubblewrap - Nix - bubblewrap integration (mirror)
org.chromium.Chromium
dnf5 - Next-generation RPM package management system
asbru-cm - Ásbrú Connection Manager is a user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.
solvespace - Parametric 2d/3d CAD
snapd - The snapd and snap tools enable systems to work with .snap files.
bookworm - The Universally Accessible document Reader