Ubuntu's "AI Kill Switch" Is Achieved by Removing Snaps, Initially Opt-In

llpcvoid about 6 hours ago 4 commentsRead Article on phoronix.com

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cifvts•about 6 hours ago

There are reports that removing snap will break the sound system. So yeah? Will removing AI render the system unusable for users?

jnsgruk•about 4 hours ago

The two are unrelated.

We are experimenting with the idea of using Snap packages to distribute Pipewire, Wireplumber and things like libcamera. The primary reason is to make it easier to ship later versions of these stacks on LTS releases so we can retrospectively enable support for new hardware in the LTSs.

This change is not yet confirmed, and we'll be doing opt-in trials for some time before committing to it long term. This capability will also be needed before we can deliver Ubuntu Core Desktop - which is a Snap-based system.

Any AI tools we ship will also be in snaps, but seperate.

tim-tday•about 4 hours ago

You had me at removing snaps.

lpcvoid•about 6 hours ago

It's good to see that using Debian means I don't have to deal with either Snaps or Slop.