unsnap
Quickly migrate from using snap packages to flatpaks (by popey)
custom-desktop
The custom Ubuntu desktop system (by natanjunges)
| unsnap | custom-desktop | |
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| 50 | 6 | |
| 972 | 24 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| 5 months ago | 10 months ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
custom-desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of custom-desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-27.
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Custom Ubuntu ISO with vanilla GNOME
You might be interested to check out my project, Custom Desktop. It also focuses on delivering a vanilla GNOME experience, without snaps. It uses Firefox from the Linux Mint repository, and Chromium is also available. It's biggest strength is that it replaces the original ubuntu-desktop-minimal and ubuntu-desktop metapackages with custom ones, so the system does not fall apart every time a package is removed.
- Custom Ubuntu desktop metapackages, with vanilla GNOME, Firefox from Linux Mint, Flatpak replacing Snap and general debloat now available for Ubuntu 22.04
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How to replace Snap Firefox in 22.04 LTS (or any version)
Check this out: https://github.com/natanjunges/custom-desktop. I have instructions there to install the native Firefox from the Linux Mint repository, which has full integration. You also need to install the dummy package ubuntu-system-adjustments that you can find in the releases page.
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Looking into an upgrade and I have a few questions...
I don't know about the other questions, but if you remove snapd, you will also remove the desktop metapackages, which puts your entire desktop up for automatic removal. To prevent that, you would need to at least mark those desktop packages as manual, so they are not accidentally removed. For Ubuntu GNOME 21.10 (22.04 soon) I currently have a better solution, which replaces the default desktop metapackages with custom ones. It uses the vanilla GNOME and flatpak instead of snap: github.com/natanjunges/custom-desktop
- Custom Ubuntu desktop metapackages, with vanilla GNOME, flatpak replacing snap and general debloat
What are some alternatives?
When comparing unsnap and custom-desktop 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
Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux - This is a project, where I give you a way to use Autodesk Fusion 360 on Linux!
deb-get - apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦
asciiquarium-snap - Deliver ASCIIQuarium via easy to install snap package to the wide Linux audience
nix-bubblewrap - Nix - bubblewrap integration (mirror)
org.gnome.Totem
NoFoxGiven - Automated script to remove all traces of Snap from a fresh install, including reinstalling a standalone version of Firefox. Designed for Kubuntu.
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.
unsnap vs snap-to-flatpak
custom-desktop vs Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux
unsnap vs deb-get
custom-desktop vs asciiquarium-snap
unsnap vs nix-bubblewrap
custom-desktop vs org.gnome.Totem
unsnap vs NoFoxGiven
unsnap vs org.chromium.Chromium
unsnap vs dnf5
unsnap vs asbru-cm
unsnap vs solvespace
unsnap vs snapd