[kwlug-disc] Zorin vs Mint

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Snap is a non issue on Xubuntu or Ubuntu Server LTS.
>
> You just do:
> sudo apt purge snapd
> And it is gone forever.

[on server] Except LXD with newer version that also runs VMs was snappy, needing undated and snappy ZFS version, if I am not mistaken, and that was ... unusual, but following standard on Ubuntu ...., that we've just replaced with Debian Trixie under our webconference.kwlug.org instance.

> All of my systems are snap free, be they desktops or servers.
>
> Only on the GNOME variants is it an issue because there are dependencies that prevent its removal.
> (Or so I have seen in past discussions).
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 02:27:11PM -0800, Ron wrote:
>>>Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc wrote on 2025-11-26 13:30:
>>>
>>>>That said, I don't know what you're actually getting vs just
>>>>standard Ubuntu nowdays.
>>>
>>>Agreed, but I expect the answer is "no Snaps", even though there's
>>>nothing really wrong with them.
>>
>> Ah, didn't even cross my mind. I dropped Ubuntu for Fedora just before
>> the snap era - when they were doing buggy GTK+ patches that caused weird
>> issues and forging ahead with Unity.
>>
>> Yeah, maybe Mint is the way to go -- Ubuntu minus snaps, even if there's
>> a whole extra step in the chain.
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