[xubuntu-users] Just to say THANK YOU to all for the help

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 6:02 PM Steven Mainor <steve at degga.net> wrote:
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> I have to agree. I no longer use ubuntu because of snap. I personally left the windows/mac ecosystems behind decades ago in order to get away from these types of things.
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> Technology doesn't have to be the enemy of liberty but it will be if we let it.
>
I detest snaps in their current implementation - slow, clumsy, lots of
files, bloated, etd.

They do strike me as a good idea, just not yet ready for prime time.

I use Firefox from the Mozilla repo for direct apt install/update. I
don't use Thunderbird at all, and I have both snaps marked for "don't
install".

It's also somewhat clumsy to remove the snaps that come with *buntu,
but done once correctly, they don't come back unless I let them.

Maybe when they're fast and don't bloat the processes and mounts, but
definitely not before.

Just my $0.03.

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