--- title: Tuxedo OS ditches Ubuntu, citing Snap packages and AI as... description: Tuxedo OS is abandoning Ubuntu LTS as its base distribution, citing several frustrations with Canonical's direction: the growing push toward Snap packages at... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tuxedo-os-ditches-ubuntu-citing-snap-packages-and-ai-as-some-of-its-major-pain-points-ccybnbqcs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tuxedo OS ditches Ubuntu, citing Snap packages and AI as some of its major pain points | daily.dev og:description: Tuxedo OS is abandoning Ubuntu LTS as its base distribution, citing several frustrations with Canonical's direction: the growing push toward Snap packages at... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tuxedo-os-ditches-ubuntu-citing-snap-packages-and-ai-as-some-of-its-major-pain-points-ccybnbqcs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ccYbNbQcs.png og:image:alt: Tuxedo OS ditches Ubuntu, citing Snap packages and AI as some of its major pain points og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tuxedo OS ditches Ubuntu, citing Snap packages and AI as some of its major pain points **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tuxedo OS is abandoning Ubuntu LTS as its base distribution, citing several frustrations with Canonical's direction: the growing push toward Snap packages at the expense of traditional DEB packages, an opaque AI roadmap announced by CEO Mark Shuttleworth, and slower-than-desired security updates. The team will migrate to Debian 13 'Trixie' on the Testing branch, a rolling-release approach they're calling 'Continuous Debian,' which will also enable Btrfs and Snapper support. A beta is expected soon. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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