Avoiding snaps in Lubuntu 22.04?

[Rosika2]

Hi Chris,

thank you so much for your detailed (and very quick) answer to my question.

@guiverc

Why use distrowatch to get a list of what’s found on a Lubuntu ISO?

Well, I was doing some comparisions as what other distros like Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu proper, and Linux Lite have installed snap-wise. Therefore the quick reference to distrowatch.
But thanks a lot for the Lubuntu manifest link.

I see now - thanks to your explanation - that the other snap packages I was a bit concerned about are required by firefox.

I also read the link you provided (How to install firefox (non snap)). Thanks a lot for that.

@guiverc

I did mention it left what I called a minefield, that I feared could hit come release-upgrade time (if not before, depending on what the user did),
as there are a number of Ubuntu tools where snap packages are assumed for normal operation, and release-upgrade is one such example,

Hmm, that might give me some cause for worrying.

I´m not so much worried about the release upgrade as I never choose the upgrade path. Every two years I perform a clean / fresh install.

It´s rather the “if not before” part that concerns me more…

@guiverc

and you’ll find you need to disable/mask it again.

Well, at least that would be doable.

@guiverc

have you read Alan Pope’s articles on snapd,

Thanks for providing the link. I´ve just read it and it seems to provide some interesting insights.

From all I´ve learnt so far it seems getting rid of snaps in Lubuntu 22.04 is possible but there wouldn´t be a 100% guarantee for not running into any problems at all, right?

Thanks a lot for your help, Chris.

Many greetings from Rosika