I mean it’s on a laptop that’s plugged into my stereo and streams Spotify and my music collection. On my main system I don’t use snaps but for that particular one I wanted kubuntu and Spotify and that was basically it. But I guess you are right about them wearing me down.

I use snaps for Spotify and Firefox. I know that it’s “forcing” something on users in an ecosystem where things should never be forced on you but as long as they work, I just don’t want to fight them anymore.

He’s referring to Mint gum. He choked on it.

I run Windows on the main family computer for simplicity and Linux on my personal (slightly older) laptop. I’m trying to teach my kids about it in hopes that they will have the same level of curiosity that I did back in the early 2000s. Plus I’d love to not run Windows at all.

By the way I use Slackware doesn’t really roll off the tongue.