privsecfoss ( privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) to Free and Open Source Software · 3 years agoIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?message-squaremessage-square308linkfedilinkarrow-up1199file-text
arrow-up1199message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?privsecfoss ( privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) to Free and Open Source Software · 3 years agomessage-square308linkfedilinkfile-text
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-squareDrWeevilJammer ( DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years ago Netplan is 100% a solution that didn’t have a problem to begin with This does not surprise me from a company that, well… * gestures distastefuly at snaps *
minus-squarealongwaysgone ( alongwaysgone@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoHonestly, if Ubuntu hadn’t pushed snaps so damned hard, I’d probably still be running Ubuntu. I don’t hate them. But… They’re just obnoxious. Honestly, I wish Flatpaks and Appimages weren’t pushed so hard on other distros too. But, such is life.
This does not surprise me from a company that, well… * gestures distastefuly at snaps *
Honestly, if Ubuntu hadn’t pushed snaps so damned hard, I’d probably still be running Ubuntu. I don’t hate them. But… They’re just obnoxious. Honestly, I wish Flatpaks and Appimages weren’t pushed so hard on other distros too. But, such is life.