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

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:
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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.

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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.

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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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