Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently)
Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently)
A new 'app store' is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it's released in October — and it'll debut with a notable change to DEB support. Don't
A new ‘app store’ is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it’s released in October — and it’ll debut with a notable change to DEB support.
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Looks like Ubuntu will be going the way of Reddit
Ubuntu has never been the distribution for someone who cares about the package manager. Ubuntu's identity has always been to make a clean desktop that is user-friendly, with focus on new users.
If you have a strong opinion about deb or snap, you are probably not using Ubuntu.
With the recent change to Debian, a lot of people are probably going to switch from Ubuntu to Debian. Diversity isn't a bad thing, and I don't think it changes why Ubuntu has become successful, there are a lot of people who want the desktop experience that Ubuntu offers.