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Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details (www.theregister.com)

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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Open source software would still be available packaged by the distros and as Flatpak, even if the software's author offered it exclusively as Snap.

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Well, other software exists: https://github.com/flathub/com.bitwig.BitwigStudio/commits/master

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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Well, alternatives exist: https://lmms.io/download#linux

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