Maybe this snappy itself will be free software, but it can isolate the
ubuntu-ecosystem even more, which might get filled up with proprietary
software;
trisquel could end up in a bad position that way.
None of the FAQ make reference to Snappy being proprietary nor Free nor Open
source. I hope snappy will be, at least, open source: Ubuntu cannot provide a
better system without Debian. The work Debian does is so titanic that there
is no company that can match it so moving away from Debian is
So what will this mean? I'm guessing those who want the traditionally small
size of everything outside the large-file-media-filled ~/ can stick with
APT-dpkg and those who want Windows-style ability to install an app without
thinking of dependency hell at the expense of HDD space can opt for
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=Ubuntu-15.10-DEB-To-Snap
I just read that the next version of Ubuntu (15.10) and future versions will
move away from the .deb format in favor of their home grown Snappy container
format. I don't know how this will affect Trisquel and if
I have always been in favor of switching Trisquel to Debian-based. And
something tells me that this Snappy will keep getting delayed and never
happen, like Mir.
http://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-usuarios
Hola Alguien Que Hable Español?
It reminded me a lot the Apple commercials. I don't know the impact the new
package system will have but if it is free software and it is good, the it
should be welcome. If the change happen, Trisquel developers must make
changes to the helpers in order to modify the new packages.
Here's a link with more info and answered questions:
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/04/ubuntu-desktop-to-eventually-switch-to.html
