[PLUG-TALK] Find name of program to uninstall it

Rigel Hope gnu at rigelhope.org
Sun Sep 10 19:56:23 UTC 2023


just in the interest of documenting some kind of pointer for
troubleshooting, the following link:

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/overriding-desktop-files-on-ubuntu-snaps/6599

says
"The .desktop files are indeed located in /var/lib/snapd/desktop. And their
names are in the following format: snap-package-name_original-name.desktop"

so if youre not especially familiar with snaps, it's both an unexpected
location and an unexpected naming convention if you're trying to just
override something

On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 12:46 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at protonmail.com>
wrote:

> In terms of snapd, you can probably implement whatever config that used to
> disable in in Ubuntu. I don't know how much they had to change but if you
> want to go the hobbyist route then you can copy whatever they did.
>
>
> The one issue I recall running into with Mint was OEM installs. I don't
> know if this has changed, but back in 2015/2016 there wasn't an equivalent
> path to set up pre-seeded installations the way you can in *buntu. But for
> users like John I doubt that matters.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Sunday, September 10th, 2023 at 10:32 AM, Rigel Hope <gnu at rigelhope.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> > i do have to give a lot of credit to mint, i wasnt sure they'd last but
> it
> > seems they have, and AFAICT they popularized the cinnamon WM as a direct
> > response to some of that earlier canonical dumb shit. but while you can
> > usually find a boutique distro that does what you need, i've found that
> as
> > a hobbyist it's easier (and i learn more) to modify one of the stock
> > mainline distros, with the significant benefit of the network effects of
> a
> > larger installed user base. but to each their own.
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 10:18 AM Ben Koenig techkoenig at protonmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Mint is a popular choice for people who are familiar with Ubuntu but
> don't
> > > want these higher level changes.
> > >
> > > Snaps are disabled by default. They also provided some criticism of
> > > Ubuntu's decisions here.
> > > https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snap.html
> > > https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3766
> > > https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3906
> > >
> > > There is a lot of diversity in the Linux world, you can always find a
> > > distro that suits your wants/needs. Situations like this are where I
> > > usually pull out my "I told you so face" because Canonical has been
> doing
> > > dumb shit since 2012.
> > >
> > > -Ben
> > >
> > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > On Sunday, September 10th, 2023 at 9:30 AM, Rigel Hope
> gnu at rigelhope.org
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > generally i don't knowingly install snaps, myself, as i've always
> found
> > > > them a little suspect.
> > > >
> > > > but there has to be a method whereby these snaps put those elements
> in
> > > > your
> > > > menus too, and i'm quite interested in digging down and finding that
> out
> > > > for future troubleshooting reasons.
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, i've been contemplating migration to a rpm-based system anyway,
> > > > though im still in the exploratory phase; i use a bare-bones ubuntu
> > > > install
> > > > as a VM host (without even a browser) and do my day to day work in a
> > > > series
> > > > of guest VMs running various distros.
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 3:24 AM John Jason Jordan johnxj at gmx.com
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 9 Sep 2023 19:32:02 -0700
> > > > > John Jason Jordan johnxj at gmx.com dijo:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, 9 Sep 2023 18:51:18 -0700
> > > > > > John Jason Jordan johnxj at gmx.com dijo:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I could use some suggestions. :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > > If Ubuntu decides to go 100% snap, then it's time to move on.
> Hiding
> > > > > > launch menu items so users can't easily change how their
> computers work
> > > > > > is not going to happen here.
> > >
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