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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by monkpit on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:12PM (#24385613)
> Coming from Arch Linux

Genuinely curious, why would you not just keep using Arch?

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by tuatoru on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:55PM (#24387158)
In my case, too much gardening.

I got sick of it after six years or so and moved to Linux Mint. (This was before Manjaro was widely visible.) Been on Mint ever since: it's a better Ubuntu than Ubuntu, and a better Windows than Windows (for ordinary uses).

Note that Mint 20, although based on Ubuntu 2004, has removed snap from the base install. `apt install chromium-browser' takes you to a web page explaining why.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by gibs0ns on Saturday September 05, 2020 @11:20PM (#24388693)
I'm curious to the kind of gardening you're referring to, that applies to Arch but not Mint?

I will say, Linux Mint is my recommended Debian based distro for desktop use, it really is a better Ubuntu than Ubuntu.

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