Mega Chad GPT: Taking Umbrage at Ubuntu Snap Strongarm

Episode: 47Published: 2/28/2023

Ubuntu is Strong Arming other Distros Into Using Proprietary Canonical���s Snap Program for Package Installation

• Ubuntu pushing out flatpak
• Snap, while ostensibly open source, is completely controlled by Canonical
• Canonical is pushing their own product even harder by strongarming other Ubuntu-based distributions into not providing flatpak by default
• Ubuntu has actually lost mindshare over the past decade

Lightning Round

• You Suck. Pay Me.
• Copyright Office Backtracks On Allowing AI-Generated Art To Be Protected
  • Zarya of the Dawn
• Lying Liars Xfinity Continue To Lie
• Justice Department Alleges Advertising Company Google Destroyed Records Relating To Anti-Trust Lawsuit
• Broadcom Acquisition Date for VMware Extended
• GCC Project To Frontend Rust Compilation Back On Track After A Hiatus

Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022