• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    1 year ago

    Good thing I can just install applications from apt instead…

    user@pc:~$: sudo apt install app
    The following additional packages will be installed:
        snapd
    

    …oh.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        I did a debian install this weekend, and it seemed pretty mild. It asked if I wanted separate partitions for /tmp and /home and if I wanted to encrypt my lvm. Then I chose my desktop environment from a list and that was it. It even installed grub for me.

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          1 year ago

          Yes Debian 12 is easier than Debian has ever been. But your may still need to install the CUPS printing system manually, your machine may not recognise that you've attached a printer whereas on Mint it will, and it will install the driver.

          On Debian you'll probably have to manually install any proprietary drivers (eg WiFi) whereas LMDE did this for me automatically.

          Plus the desktop will be very bland on Debian and you'll need to take the time to obtain themes, icons etc and make it look nice. Whereas with LMDE they've already customised Cinnamon for you, saving lots of time.

          Either way is fine but Debian will need more time to set up and LMDE is ready out of the box

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        1 year ago

        IMO Linux Mint is a great replacement, too, although it does not come with the default-Gnome desktop layout

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            1 year ago

            Same, I feel at home in the Cinnamon DE and no matter how tech savvy I am, the GUI software installer is so much more convenient than using the terminal

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Canonical's changes to apt could be considered malicious in and of themselves because it installs from a source you didn't request for, sure seems malicious to me.

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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        1 year ago

        Agreed. Switching out .deb packages in the package manager for snap stubs was a bridge too far, and I went back to Debian.