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The dealbreaker for me is that Snap is hard to disable (across updates), and somehow Snap apps have a tendency of sneaking into my installs. Even when there's a

The dealbreaker for me is that Snap is hard to disable (across updates), and somehow Snap apps have a tendency of sneaking into my installs. Even when there's a non-snap alternative. But I can always tell when I load up the app and the fonts and scaling are total garbage.

cies 5y ago
I hate snap. But Ubtuntu still works without (maybe no longer after their April release): sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/ && sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd && rm -fr ~/snap And make sure it never installs again: sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snapd.pref" << EOL Package: snapd Pin: origin "" Pin-Priority: -1 EOL
- pavon 5y ago
  However, there are an increasing number of packages in Ubuntu that require snap to install, while those packages can be installed normally in Debian.
  - horsawlarway 5y ago
    This was my pain point. I started recommending debian over ubuntu when they replaced the default "chromium" package with a shim that instructs you to install it as a snap. I don't mind snap - I don't mind them defaulting to snap. I really would still like to use the non-snap variety of certain applications, and I don't want to have to fight the system to do so.
    - dont__panic 5y ago
      Looks like they're switching Firefox to a similar solution, just a wrapper around Snap. Makes me glad that I've played around with Manjaro enough now to switch over.
Izkata 5y ago
> and somehow Snap apps have a tendency of sneaking into my installs. Even when there's a non-snap alternative. There's a bunch of things in the apt repository that just do a snap install, for example: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1345385/how-can-i-stop-apt-from-installing-snap-packages https://askubuntu.com/questions/1345385/how-can-i-stop-apt-f...