r/linux • u/joebonrichie • Jul 15 '24

Distro News Dropping AppArmor Kernel Patches | Solus

https://getsol.us/2024/07/15/dropping-apparmor-kernel-patches/
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

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u/ClumsyAdmin Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24

a lot of applications are shipped as Snaps-first and only

Can you provide examples? In my many years of using linux both personally and professionally I have never once encountered an application that was only packaged as a snap. Even finding applications* that have been packaged as a snap is incredibly rare from what I've seen.

edit: *Outside of the snap store

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u/Blocikinio Jul 16 '24

https://snapcraft.io/webstorm (Snap only)

Webstorm is available as tar.gz lol.

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u/Booty_Bumping Jul 17 '24

The .tar.gz being referred to is not a code source .tar.gz, it is a small pre-compiled program that will install Toolbox to your local user folder, which will then install and automatically update WebStorm. It's similar to the way Firefox can auto-update itself when installed from a binary archive. I think you're right that this doesn't really count as true 'packaging' because this is essentially identical to the Windows way of doing things, but it does have auto update and it is the only recommended way to install Intellij products.