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Good thing I can just install applications from
aptinstead.......oh.
This. This is what really pissed me off about Ubuntu. I even uninstalled (or thought I did) the entire snapd system. But then I went to install something and.....it reinstalled snapd. 🤦
So I moved to Linux Mint which was an excellent experience. And just the other day I replaced that with LMDE 6 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) and I couldn't be happier.
It's the ideal distro for anyone who wants apt but not Ubuntu and doesn't want the pain of manually installing Debian.
Just use Fedora
No way. That's another Corporation backed distro. Most of the Devs are also Red Hat employees
DNF is pretty good, snap i wouldn't touch with a 100 meter pole
That might not be true any more. Red Hat has made some interesting decisions lately.