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My setup based on a recent Kubuntu install

9 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 9 comments · first 2020-04-23 · latest 2020-04-24

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  1. Cies posted a link to https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap They give the suggestion to remove via sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/ && sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd && rm -fr ~/snap And make sure it never installs again: sudo…
    comment by slipheen · 2020-04-24 · in Disabling Snaps in Ubuntu 20.04
  2. Chromium from Debian, as a DEB package, on Ubuntu: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium
    comment by cies · 2020-04-24 · in Disabling Snaps in Ubuntu 20.04
  3. To ensure snap will not be installed again see the apt config here: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap This is needed because an every growing number op packages is "dependant" on it. Here I show how to install Chromium as a…
    comment by cies · 2020-04-24 · in Disabling Snaps in Ubuntu 20.04
  4. …that. A little hacky but worst thing that can happen is it just doesn't run I guess... URL is now https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/blob/master/chromium for the curious.
    comment by iforgotpassword · 2020-04-24 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  5. …Chromium from Debian[2]. Have a look (I have the same problem with audio in the snap version): [1] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap [2] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium
    comment by cies · 2020-04-24 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  6. …snap[1] and get Chromium from Debian[2]. But I'm close to leaving the buntus over this drama. [1] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap [2] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium
    comment by cies · 2020-04-24 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  7. …But I'm close to leaving the buntus over this drama (see [1] for my reasons to hate it). [1] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap [2] https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chromium
    comment by cies · 2020-04-24 · in Xubuntu 20.04
  8. There is a way, which I documented here: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup/tree/master/chrome I also use FF primarily, but sometimes I need Chrome (chromium actually, I should fix that).
    comment by cies · 2020-04-23 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  9. …a mic to Chromium)... I can go on. But in 2019 versions of buntu it could still be removed: https://github.com/cies/kubuntu-setup#remove-snap I found a way to use Debian packages reliably on buntus with a trick that is shown here for…
    comment by cies · 2020-04-23 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)