<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span><br />You and Meatloaf have that in common, then. </p><p>(Meatloaf the singer, to be clear.) 😊</p>

<p>Hey <a href="https://mastodon.mauve.moe/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> ! I&#39;m planning to start a new meetup for decentralized tech next month on Friday May 19th. Anyone interested in joining in? We&#39;ll start by looking at some <a href="https://mastodon.mauve.moe/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>p2p</span></a> file sharing protocols.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> I get snap being disliked - but unless you have an operational reason to disable them, why? </p><p>Certain system programs (firmware updater comes to mind) use snap, just don&#39;t use it and perhaps remove the snap store if you don&#39;t want it personally.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> I followed this guide to remove them and everything’s been running just fine for about 6 months.</p><p>I followed the same guide on my previous machine, but I can’t remember how long I ran it that way before repurposing the machine — maybe around the same length of time?</p><p><a href="https://www.debugpoint.com/remove-snap-ubuntu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">debugpoint.com/remove-snap-ubu</span><span class="invisible">ntu/</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Gina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Gina</span></a></span> I agree! I guess my main concern is really just that the technical aspect of moving from one server to another is still less than smooth. Historical data loss aside, I'm getting a lot of "new" follows from people that have been following me for years, and that just comes down to technical limitations.</p><p>Anyway, bit of a bummer but not a massive deal.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> No. `apt purge snapd` followed by `apt-mark hold snapd` are standard practice for me. </p><p>You&#39;ll need a non-snap browser install though. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@tuxedocomputers" class="u-url mention">@<span>tuxedocomputers</span></a></span> has helpful apt repos for that.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@zak" class="u-url mention">@<span>zak</span></a></span> and yet it&#39;s stronger than, say Twitter, against hostile takeovers. That&#39;s the benefit of being federated (aka if you don&#39;t like your server you can always threaten to leave, or leave, to enact change).</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> I go look for the deb package if I want it. Otherwise, Ubuntu&#39;s rock solid for me.</p>

<p>So I&#39;ve been running <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> for the last couple days and I have to say, it&#39;s been great. Very stable and no real issues to talk of. Snaps are still a bit shit, but a couple of commands later and I have Flatpak support.</p><p>Question - does Ubuntu shit the bed entirely if you remove Snaps all together?</p>