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Is PopOS better than Ubuntu? (programming.dev)
submitted 4 months ago by MortySmith@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 46 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Biggest difference between Ubuntu and Pop is that Ubuntu aims to popularise usage of snap and uses apt as a backup option while Pop aims to deliver its software through apt and flatpaks, in the priority that the user wants.

Flatpaks are more consistent to run, they can run between all distros but install dependencies seperately so could take up more space for installations.

Apt makes use of the native debian installation, which works well for most but sometimes you could be stuck in a dependency hell between some software. Uses the storage more efficiently as it can share dependencies between multiple installed packages.

Snap sucks. There's literally no point in using it. It can run apps on all distros similarly to flatpak but its worse in every possible way. It hits noticably to run time of applications.

[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 22 points 4 months ago

I used to disagree with you on snap... Until it horribly horribly failed me. No way to revert, I remember reading pages that were essentially "just reinstall your os". Noooope. Flatpak all the way now.

[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Popos has removed everything canonical including apt repos and ubuntu pro. Popos devs are competent, have implemented a tiling window manager, userland scheduler to improve game performance. You get the compatibility of ubuntu without the bullshit

[โ€“] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not just a tiling WM, but are almost done with a full DE! I ran the COSMIC alpha for about a week last month and it is super close (at least for me).

[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Zram, updated and QA tested kernel, etc. It would take too long to list all the pros

[โ€“] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I was talking about COSMIC, not Pop!_OS.

I'm waiting for static workspaces and sloppy focus (yes, I use tiling, how could you tell?)

[โ€“] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

it's very easy to make those changes to ubuntu, but i guess for a new user it might be a significant barrier

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Both are massive security risks.

Carry on.