** Package changed: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu) => snapd (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1805468
Title: Snap mounts bloat system footprint by inactive apps Status in snapd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Affects: Ubuntu 18.04 Snap filesystems mounted by snapd use kernel (and maybe userspace?) ressources just for providing apps. Even if the app is not running, the mount is still there, conuming system ressources. We must remember that we are only at the beginning. If more and more apps migrate to snap format, the filesystem mount table and thus permanently used system ressources would grow even for any non-used app. In the past, most unused features (beside system services like printer environment etc.) on a linux system consumed disk space only, and affect system performance only for some works, eg. doing a backup of the system disk. With snapd behaveing this way, we have to expect every utility (like a clock, unused fonts, emoticon updates, ...) will permamently affect system performance and user experience at any occasion mount points are to be browsed. Personal opinion: This strongly reminds me to the way Windows behaves, and is hated for since ages. I cannot understand how someone could consider this technique feasable for a productive OS. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1805468/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
