[X2Go-User] snaps don't work on x2go

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 04:48:48PM +0000, Thom Harmon wrote:
> > 
> > How do you use x2go with this problem?
> > 
> 
> I know this is not going to be a satisfactory answer...
> 
> I struggled with this for months trying to figure out what permissions
> needed to be configured for the Snaps apps to work in x2go with no
> luck. It seems to be related to access to /run. 
> 
> For me it was the final straw for Snap and Ubuntu more broadly. I
> rotated over to Debian stable (well, Spiral actually) for everything
> and if I need an application-level jail I use Flatpak. In only a
> handful of cases have I had to use Flatseal to adjust permissions for
> x2go compat. Much better experience.
> 
> Like I said, probably not a satisfactory answers but sometimes just
> knowing that there is an escape hatch available is useful. 
> 
> Now if I could figure out a work-around for when an app doesn't support
> Xinput2....
> 
I think this is the 'right' answer even if it isn't a 'satisfactory'
answer.  Snap just manages to break so many things in subtle ways that
one is better off without it.

I too left [x]ubuntu because of the increasing dependency on snap for
important applications.  I have moved to Debian 12 and am very happy
with it.  I have a couple of Appimage based programs but everything
else comes from the Debian repositories.

-- 
Chris Green