Post #1761709

Just for grins I’m trying out the latest Ubuntu LTS release. I had given up on Ubuntu for the desktop around version 16 I think…whenever they really started pushing snap-based applications. The performance of the snap applications are still just so so bad compared to installed binaries, but I admit it’s a bit about control too. I hate having things pushed onto me and I like having a say in how my system operates. Yes I know I can just install Debian, shush now, I’m happy and having fun over here. Part of what built a deep, abiding, love/hate relationship with Linux is the ability to control everything, tweak every little thing how you like it. Why do you think I was on Gentoo and Slackware for so long? If I wanted to do something stupid, I wanted an operating system that would allow me to be as stupid as I wanted to be. With that in mind I decided I’d go be stupid on an old laptop that I just installed the latest 26.04 release on. If you want the tl;dr, I was able to completely remove every installed snap, followed by snapd itself. You can’t have GNOME3 but if you’re like me and use MATE, everything seems to work just fine. So there you go. Be stupid, have fun, own that system!