SNAP IS CRAP! 20-year Ubuntu user saying "bye bye"

[VMC]

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and ultimately... If you don't like Snaps... why use Ubuntu?

Snap is easily removed.

[Shibblet]

Snap is easily removed.

I shall quote myself:

Why go through the process of "neutering" your OS in order to make it fit your needs. Remove SnapD, change PPA's, etc.
I mean, most Linux users choose their distribution based on what works for them.

I shall also link myself: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....ng+intensifies

And I shall also say: It's a fight. It's not the simplest thing in the world to remove SnapD, and make it stay removed. I'm not debating that it CAN'T be done, but if it can, it's not easy. And 99% of all users don't want to fight their OS.

[Perfect Storm]

I have no good feelings for snap either. I find it notorious, at least in flatpak you got flatseal to tweak the permission and stuff. And not to mention it not themeable icon wise and you have to set it manually.
Good thing I have moved to Zorin and Solus on my systems. Sad after so many years of praising Ubuntu from the start that it's no more.

[baltic]

Just use Kubuntu. It doesnt use snap for anything. I am not sure its even got installed by default

[deadflowr]

Just use Kubuntu. It doesnt use snap for anything. I am not sure its even got installed by default

Firefox, Chromium, and Thunderbird are all snaps by default on all Ubuntu flavors, including Kubuntu.
(Thunderbird only on the latest releases; 24.04 and newer)

[Erik1984]

Firefox, Chromium, and Thunderbird are all snaps by default on all Ubuntu flavors, including Kubuntu.
(Thunderbird only on the latest releases; 24.04 and newer)

And it's integrated om Discover (you can control a Snap's permissions graphically with it). Probably a good thing for the flavors to not diverge too much from Ubuntu in this regard.

Still not 100% sure if Snaps are an improvement for desktop users (they might be for developers) over the traditional packages sources. As long as I see improvements though I'm mildly optimistic, like snapd now noticing when programs are shut down so they can be updated.

[baltic]

Firefox, Chromium, and Thunderbird are all snaps by default on all Ubuntu flavors, including Kubuntu.
(Thunderbird only on the latest releases; 24.04 and newer)

There are PPAs on their sites. I use all of them and have no snap installed