I might be confusing them. I just associated installing things with apt from a repository with PPAs, the correct term probably would have been repository that apt can use to install software.I suspect that tengu is confusing ppa's with the official Ubuntu repositories (deb packages). For example, Thunderbird is no longer available through the Ubuntu repositories on 24.04. It's now a snap package. In fact, Thunderbird is available through a ppa on Ubuntu. Not to be used on Debian.
https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Here's an Ubuntu page where they talk a bit about debs versus snaps.
https://ubuntu.com/about/packages
Here's a page on ppa's.
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help ... pa.html.en
Mind you, these are Ubuntu viewpoints. Not everyone agrees with them but it might help explain why Ubuntu is promoting snaps.
Don'tBreakDebian refers to this as the preferred method for installing software too, I see. I remember leaving Ubuntu behind specifically because the entire management of snaps felt clunky and I felt like I wasn't in control of what the software manager was doing at all, unlike what I was experiencing with apt ( or even windows for that matter). Hence my discomfort with flatpaks or snaps, although I might be doing flatpak a disservice here.
I assume installing deb packages from the internet is considered "Less safe ways to install software not available in Debian Stable", based on the article about packages. I really should make the time to read more of the documentation than how to get the system running, but unfortunately, time doesn't grow on trees
Statistics: Posted by tengu — 2025-01-20 21:57 — Replies 3 — Views 153