I use ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop. No mention of snap. Setting up a new desktop I started with 16.04.3. On trying to install Gimp I get a screen which wants a sign-up to install snap. My web searching tells me that this is to allow updated programs to be installed on not-so-updated OS. The downside is that it uses more disk space and sometimes more ram because the dependencies are duplicated for each application. No information quantifying this increase space demand.
One commenter said he would use snap when he was sure there were no issues and he felt the advantages were worth it to him. But also no comment on how to NOT use snap. I saw no way to install Gimp without creating an account with Ubuntu. (This account-creation makes me leery.) Opinions, suggestions? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
