Ubuntu Core Desktop is an immutable distro, takes a different path than most other immutable distros.
- The entire OS is built using snaps, including the kernel and bootloader
- Uses snaps instead of flatpak
- Prefers LXD over distrobox and other projects that use podman
Now there’s a meme I haven’t seen in a while.
This honestly seems like one of the only things Snaps could be useful for in the future, considering you can update every component of the system with Snaps in a way that you can’t with Flatpaks.
That said, I still dislike Snaps and I think it would overall be better for Ubuntu to use the standard packaging format that everybody else seems to be converging on; Flatpaks.
Canonical’s been selling commercial support for Ubuntu Core for a while now. Why would they abandon it if it’s working?
As a former Ubuntu user, I’m more likely to try Fedora Silverblue at this point.
I like Podman so swapping it out for LXD isn’t compelling.
Fedora Silverblue is great, it’s my daily driver.
It’s a distro with 2 major things I hate. No thanks.
