the people behind the appimage spec at https://appimage.org/
… have a listing of available software at https://appimage.github.io/
note that this isn’t a curated repository like your os repos, but rather a directory of community-provided submissions that pass some basic automated tests.
it’s been over a decade since canonical ended that little ‘experiment’ with azn.
afaik, it’s strictly opt-in. further reading: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-insights-how-telemetry-is-changing-on-ubuntu-desktop/73442
although they’ll still see web traffic from your system if you hit their mirrors for updates and package installs–as would be the case anywhere online.
2 months. lts or not, ubuntu’s freeze date is and has historically been about two months before release.
if the 2 year cycle between lts is too long for someone, they don’t have to stay on that ride.
just a reminder, kubuntu uses a different installer than ubuntu–one that offers btrfs (timeshift compatible configuration) out-of-the-box, as well as a choice of install type.
the ‘minimal’ option is not much more than the base kde environment. no snaps, no snapd installed. hell, it doesn’t even have a web browser (instructions for mozilla’s own repository is here
the daily builds were a trainwreck here leading up to the release, but somehow it all sorted out at the end. my test installs of release (ubuntu, cinnabun, studio, kde) went ok… with only a few minor issues, like the blueman applet crash in cinnamon.
where’s the pic from the next day when kitty finds out the hard way it wasn’t for them?
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