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An important notice for Desktop Next users
Edit: This is referring to the Desktop Next image only. The 'normal' image will still be debs for a long time yet. If you don't know what the 'desktop next' image is then this won't effect you.
As you've probably noticed, we're about to release 15.04 Vivid Vervet and so begin work on 15.10.
Our plan for 15.10 (which is still being finalised, and will be discussed in more depth at UOS in a couple of weeks) is to have a build based on Snappy Personal and so the current .deb based Desktop Next image will be going away and will be replaced with the new Snappy version.
We'll preserve the most recent Desktop Next deb based ISO on cdimage.ubuntu.com (link to follow as soon as it's available). The future is Snappy and you'll have an image to play with Real Soon Now.
The new Ubuntu desktop starts here, and there will be loads of interesting things to work on so keep an eye on the UOS schedule and sign up to any sessions you're interested in.
Edit: This is referring to the Desktop Next image only. The 'normal' image will still be debs for a long time yet. If you don't know what the 'desktop next' image is then this won't effect you.
As you've probably noticed, we're about to release 15.04 Vivid Vervet and so begin work on 15.10.
Our plan for 15.10 (which is still being finalised, and will be discussed in more depth at UOS in a couple of weeks) is to have a build based on Snappy Personal and so the current .deb based Desktop Next image will be going away and will be replaced with the new Snappy version.
We'll preserve the most recent Desktop Next deb based ISO on cdimage.ubuntu.com (link to follow as soon as it's available). The future is Snappy and you'll have an image to play with Real Soon Now.
The new Ubuntu desktop starts here, and there will be loads of interesting things to work on so keep an eye on the UOS schedule and sign up to any sessions you're interested in.
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+Ryan Hayle: Well, they are called personal package archives. I have no difficulty trusting my own software and my own packages. Many PPAs are used in ways they're not intended for. That will break pretty much anything. It's just as bad when people copy and paste commands they don't understand at all. And it becomes even worse when people think Ubuntu will still be safe for them.Jul 5, 2015
Why would you ever consider switching away from deb format for Ubuntu? The dependency model works really well, probably the best in the industry.
Or are you talking about just the next project?May 7, 2016
This post relates to this Ubuntu announcement:
<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ubuntu-15.10-deb-to-snap>
It seems to be yet another attempt by Ubuntu to differentiate themselves from other Linux vendors by moving away from a standard model to something that is untried, unproven, and possibly inappropriate for the task at hand. Other Linux providers do use different repository access tools and methods, so this is not that unusual except that it represents a fixing of something that is not broken.
Ubuntu apparently lost many customers and users over the protracted development and insistence on forcing users to change to the highly unpopular UNITY desk top. Users of screens larger than cell phones have insisted on something more flexible than some overly large icons which show only a few of the many functions available on a Linux system.
Many of us have recently changed from Ubuntu to basic Debian with Gnome as the desktop because this combination is flexible, user-friendly, and productive. When something works well it is usually not a good idea to fix it.May 7, 2016- If it ain't broke don't fix it. Is a very good motto to live by.May 7, 2016
- I would very STRONGLY urge Canonical/Ubuntu to always support distributions that are deb based as their core business. Snappy has a specific use case that does not really apply most of the time. Debian are increasing the integrity of their debs with the verified from source initiative. PPA security issues could be handled in a similar way.
I read somewhere that snappy packages would be made up from the contents of deb ones, thus reducing packager effort. Hopefully this will be the case.
This constant fracture and revolution in open source is why the Linux desktop (which by it's nature is less mature than the server side of things) has had no real take up; devs and users get fed up with the constant churn and broken/incomplete interfaces.May 7, 2016 - "Change" for the purpose of change is probably not good. If there is a reason for change then that reason should be spelled out so the user base will understand why they are being subjected to changes in how things operate.May 7, 2016
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