One of the strongest points of Linux is the package management. In 2025, the world of Linux package management is very varied, with several options available, each with their advantages and trade-offs over the others.

One of the strongest points of Linux is the package management. In 2025, the world of Linux package management is very varied, with several options available, each with their advantages and trade-offs over the others.

  • razorozx@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    23 hours ago

    Mint doesn’t natively shove down snap down your throat though 🙂

    • nshibj@lemmy.world
      4·
      18 hours ago

      Good to know, thanks. I’m fairly new to Linux and reading that this or that distro is based in Ubuntu always makes me wonder how much they share (and why they don’t base those distros on Debian, being the mother of Ubuntu)

    • Mike@lemm.ee
      2·
      20 hours ago

      I thought Fedora didn’t either? That’s a Ubuntu exclusive I think (not sure!). In any case, its a couple lines on the terminal and it’s gone.

      • razorozx@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        33 minutes ago

        Yeah, Ubuntu is the only culprit here. They sneakily swapped out apt with snap packages when trying to use apt. So while you think you’re using a package from apt, it’ll swap out to using Snap. Pretty scummy.

        Fedora is fine.