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Why do all my homies use Linux Mint while I use Ubuntu?
Because you're wrong?
Personally I don't like snaps, is the main thing.
What are snaps?
A container format for programs, similar to Flatpak and Appimage. Snaps were developed by Canonical, and while they're technically an open standard, the only place to get them is from Canonical themselves, so it's sort of a walled-garden thing like phone app stores. Snaps tend to be slower than native packages, and Ubuntu installs the snap version of things by default.
Mint is extremely similar to (and based on) Ubuntu, but with snaps gutted out. There are other differences, but that's the biggest one
Thanks. I will google container format.
That Google search will likely get you results related to multimedia formats, like ogg, webm, and matroska.
The more useful query would be 'containerized software packaging'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_(software) is the link for snaps though, and it should be easy to find other containerized formats from there, Flatpak is probably in the 'see also' section
I don't like Snaps either, but it isn't a that big of a deal. Ubuntu is still vastly more private than Windows. I do prefer Fedora much more because it actually sandboxes system services with SELinux polices. Snap creates a better sandbox for applications than Flatpak, but it is slower to launch applications, depends on AppArmor (which is less secure than SELinux), and uses hard coded package repo (centralized design).
The comment I replied to wasn't comparing Ubuntu vs. Windows though, it was Ubuntu vs. Mint.
If my options were Ubuntu, Windows, and Mac, I'd go with Ubuntu, no question. But the nice thing about Linux is that there are a billion options, I can use what I like, other people can use what they like, and we can all play nice together and even contribute to the same codebase half the time.
I've tried Fedora-- every time I install a new machine, I end up trying several distros before inevitably landing on something with
apt. I started on Ubuntu 15ish years ago, and run Debian on anything headless, I just can't get used to other package managersThey might simply like Mint's Cinnamon over Ubuntu's GNOME. That's a valid choice.
Cinnamon with Wayland is still in testing. X11/X.Org is unmaintained software and is less secure than Wayland. GNOME is the only desktop at the moment that actually protects the screen from arbitrary recording by applications. Just food for thought.
Plasma supports wayland as well. On distros where it doesn't ship by default all you have to do is install a package.
Yes, but Plasma doesnt protect against screen recording. The Devs expressed interest in protecting against arbitrary screen capture, still work in progress. See this issue: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/issues/7
Snap is hot garbage, and Mint is Ubuntu without Snap, so much better.
Cinnamon is nice. But then I meet KDE...
Honestly, if you're happy with Ubuntu, don't worry about what other people think. A lot of the (valid) complains of Ubuntu require research to understand why to be outraged.
I personally only use immutable now (bazite, aurora and steam OS) and I wouldn't have it any other way now.
I'm going to switch to Mint from Ubuntu because I don't trust Canonical, I would rather have the community controlling the distribution.
Interesting. I will Google "what is canonical"
Canonical is the manufacturer of Ubuntu.
Ahh interesting. Does someone else manufacture mint?
Mint is fully community-owned which is why I'm interested in it, I don't want companies dictating and controlling how the OS should work.
Oh! Thanks for sharing that information