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This was Ubuntu 20.04 so maybe things have changed, but slow startup (calculators should open instantly), forced auto-update (yay Firefox forcing me to restart

This was Ubuntu 20.04 so maybe things have changed, but slow startup (calculators should open instantly), forced auto-update (yay Firefox forcing me to restart in the middle of doing something) were the egregious ones.

xalava 3y ago
Same experience, with also a strange non-standard folder for binaries in the user's home.
- guiambros 3y ago
  Indeed; it's appalling. This thread [1] shows the absurdity of the situation; almost 8 years, and no signs of a XDG-compatible behavior. At least now you can hide it under ˜/.snap using the experimental flag "system experimental.hidden-snap-folder=true" [1] Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053
  - hulitu 3y ago
    So another program poluting the home directory. People doing this shall be banned from publishing SW (hello Firefox, KDE).
kikokikokiko 3y ago
I don't remember specifically if it was the calculator, but at the time I remeber installing a ridiculously simple app, that should be a 5 mega download max, and snap installing a monstrosity of more than 1 gig in size on my disk. It's atrocious and wasteful.
- hulitu 3y ago
  It is for your own safety. Think about the children. Nowadays, processor power is infinite, memory is infinite, disk space is infinite, so why so many people complaining ? /s
yxhuvud 3y ago
There has been a lot of improvements since then, both performance wise and auto-update wise.
- isthatafact 3y ago
  firefox snap updates in ubuntu22.04 have always been difficult to deal with, and it still updates automatically, screwing up the current session. That sort of nonsense is why I cannot setup a laptop with ubuntu for grandma to use. I suppose this page should tell how things have improved, but its ridiculous tall cookie wall kept me out of the site: https://ubuntu.com/blog/firefox-snap-updates-and-upgrades https://ubuntu.com/blog/firefox-snap-updates-and-upgrades

xalava 3y ago

Same experience, with also a strange non-standard folder for binaries in the user's home.

guiambros 3y ago
Indeed; it's appalling. This thread [1] shows the absurdity of the situation; almost 8 years, and no signs of a XDG-compatible behavior. At least now you can hide it under ˜/.snap using the experimental flag "system experimental.hidden-snap-folder=true" [1] Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053
- hulitu 3y ago
  So another program poluting the home directory. People doing this shall be banned from publishing SW (hello Firefox, KDE).

kikokikokiko 3y ago

I don't remember specifically if it was the calculator, but at the time I remeber installing a ridiculously simple app, that should be a 5 mega download max, and snap installing a monstrosity of more than 1 gig in size on my disk. It's atrocious and wasteful.

hulitu 3y ago
It is for your own safety. Think about the children. Nowadays, processor power is infinite, memory is infinite, disk space is infinite, so why so many people complaining ? /s

yxhuvud 3y ago

There has been a lot of improvements since then, both performance wise and auto-update wise.

isthatafact 3y ago
firefox snap updates in ubuntu22.04 have always been difficult to deal with, and it still updates automatically, screwing up the current session. That sort of nonsense is why I cannot setup a laptop with ubuntu for grandma to use. I suppose this page should tell how things have improved, but its ridiculous tall cookie wall kept me out of the site: https://ubuntu.com/blog/firefox-snap-updates-and-upgrades https://ubuntu.com/blog/firefox-snap-updates-and-upgrades