I'm moving from a Redhat-family distro (Scientific Linux, a physics-heavy CENTOS clone) to Debian-family distros. I've played with Ubuntu 20.10 and and 22.10 on two desktops; "snap" seems to use nontrivial amounts of RAM. My preferred laptops are only 3GB; RAM bloat is an issue.
I also maintain an offsite virtual server; my favorite hosting company supports CentOS, Ubuntu, and Debian. Is snap actually a memory hog, or is that my misperception? Will snap remain mostly Canonical's walled garden? Moving to uncluttered Debian LTS (with its vast collection of packages) seems to be a better option in the long term - unless Debian "snap"s as well. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
