Re: Shocking speed difference, Ubuntu vs. Linux Mint, Snap vs. Flatpak

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.