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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Shocking speed difference, Ubuntu vs. Linux Mint, Snap vs.
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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:37:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-19, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-03-19 01:00, RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-03-18, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:33:50 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>
>>>> Having discovered that Ubuntu intends to replace the GNU utilities with
>>>> Rust equivalents which may or may not work as well in the coming months,
>>>> I switched over to Linux Mint 22.1 from Ubuntu 24.04 on this old Macbook
>>>> Air 2017. Not only does it bundle the necessary, proprietary wireless
>>>> drivers allowing for a smooth install unlike Ubuntu, but Linux Mint runs
>>>> a _lot_ faster under Cinnamon than Ubuntu's implementation of GNOME. I
>>>> imagine that most of it is due to the use of Snap. For example,
>>>> LibreOffice went from taking about ten seconds to load (on a cold start)
>>>> to one or two.
>>>
>>> I don't have a Macbook or a Cinnamon installation but LibreOffice Writer
>>> comes up in less than 2 seconds on my Ubuntu box. Also, it is not a snap.
>> 
>> I'm definitely not a fan of Snaps. And nothing I've seen about them or
>> experienced with them lately is likely to change my mind.
>
> If anyone out there is a fan of Snaps, then there is a chance they might 
> not be fans of Ubuntu itself. The idea of switching out the GNU tools 
> that work perfectly well in favour of rewritten Rust ones is just 
> idiotic. I would trust the people who produced the GNU tools decades ago 
> a lot more than the filthy hippies who will rewrite them in Rust for a 
> theoretical benefit in regards to memory.

I'm definitely not a fan of Ubuntu, due both to Snaps and Gnome. Mostly 
Snaps now, as I think I could get used to Gnome if I had to. 

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