kubuntu-setup

Cies posted a link to https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap They give the suggestion to remove via sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/ && sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd && rm -fr ~/snap And make sure it never installs again: sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snapd.pref" << EOL Package: snapd Pin: origin "" Pin-Priority: -1 EOL

Chromium from Debian, as a DEB package, on Ubuntu: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium

To ensure snap will not be installed again see the apt config here: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap This is needed because an every growing number op packages is "dependant" on it. Here I show how to install Chromium as a DEB package from Debian (on a buntu): https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium

Thanks for that. A little hacky but worst thing that can happen is it just doesn't run I guess... URL is now https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/blob/master/chromium for the curious.

I found a way to remove snap[1] and get Chromium from Debian[2]. Have a look (I have the same problem with audio in the snap version): [1] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap [2] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium

> If I type `apt install` then I want an Apt package. Under no circumstances should this install a Snap. Exactly! I found a way to remove snap[1] and get Chromium from Debian[2]. But I'm close to leaving the buntus over this drama. [1] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap [2] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium

Its installed by default and removing it leaves you with some apps (notably Chrome) missing. I found a way to remove snap[1] and get Chromium from Debian[2]. But I'm close to leaving the buntus over this drama (see [1] for my reasons to hate it). [1] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap [2] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium

There is a way, which I documented here: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chrome I also use FF primarily, but sometimes I need Chrome (chromium actually, I should fix that).

I hate snap. It makes my system less predictable, increases load times, makes UI stuff look ugly, obfuscates process monitoring, hogs memory, cannot deal with files in /tmp (and I happen to use /tmp a lot), makes if hard to do audio (like connecting a mic to Chromium)... I can go on. But in 2019 versions of buntu it could still be removed: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap I found a way to use Debian packages reliably on buntus with a trick that is shown here for Chromium: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chrome If this snap thing continues to invade the *buntus I will move away from them. For now I still like the combination of stable + up-to-date + familiar (Debian based), but --as others have said-- the snap thing goes against why I choose to use open source.