![]() The plus/minus scores will be used to compute “pseudo 5-star rating”. Instead of allow us to rate apps granularly based on 1 – 5 stars the new store will adopt the +1/-1 approach used by the games-distribution platform Steam. Secondly, we’re used to giving five star ratings to software in Ubuntu – but that’s changing. The app already supports DEB software – so is it being removed? ![]() So… surely those “tight resources” aren’t required? It also makes it possible to only search for DEB software, as well as update DEB software. Finally nothing here stops users from installing applications the old fashioned ways.”Īt the time of writing, Ubuntu’s Flutter-based software app already lets you install DEB versions of software also available as a Snap. “Deb support will land later because resources are always tight. Doing that is hard to get right and restricts design choices in other areas,” he writes. “It’s a non-goal to try and present debs and snaps as two options for the same app. If the same piece of software exists in the Ubuntu repository and the snap store the new store will only make it possible to install the snap version. Ubuntu’s Director of Engineering says the new hub will be a “snap-first app store” designed around snap metadata. With that plan in mind you won’t be mighty surprised (and if you are, welcome back to planet earth) to hear that showcasing DEB software will not be the primary aim of this new Ubuntu Software replacement. The aim is, eventually, to default to a full-snap experience on the desktop. Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution but it’s increasingly positioning snaps as the preferred way to ‘get’ software.
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