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Is this something that happens on Ubuntu or something? My Debian system hasn't pulled in any snap stuff to my knowledge.

on linux mint this strip is only two panels long

Snap is a pain in the ass eating the bandwidth when it's low (like in roaming). Yeah I know I should move from ubuntu !

Debian is just Ubuntu before they add Snap.

Or, remove snap from Ubuntu:

# Remove snap
        if [ -n "$(which snap 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
                SNAPS=$(snap list |awk '{print $1}' |grep -v Name)
                for SNAP in ${SNAPS} do; snap remove ${SNAP}; done
                sudo systemctl stop snapd
                sudo systemctl stop snapd.socket
                sudo systemctl disable snapd
                sudo systemctl mask snapd
                sudo apt purge snapd -y
                sudo apt-mark hold snapd
                sudo cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref
Package: snapd
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -10
EOF
                rm -rf ~/snap
                sudo rm -rf /snap
                sudo rm -rf /var/snap
                sudo rm -rf /var/lib/snapd
                # Add needed repositories
                sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa -y
                echo '
Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: thunderbird
Pin: version 2:1snap*
Pin-Priority: -1
' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/thunderbird
                sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb/apps -y
        fi

I found the perfect set of instructions for enjoying the work that went into Ubuntu without dealing with snaps or canonical.

They can be found in on https://www.linuxmint.com/

I don't know why people hate snap so much and at this point I'm afraid to ask.

Almost any environment issue is because somehow snap fucked up some system configuration, and it can't be undone

Waiting for the day they finally drop it... ... like unity ... like mir ... like ubuntu mobile (or whatever it was called)

Tmobile has been trying to do that to me since yesterday. "Complete your setup" notification I deleted half a dozen times and the one time I mistapped brought up a bright magenta blank page but after closing I found they had shoved 8 game shortcuts into my system. Deleted those and the notification returned.had to disable the t-life notification to kill it

Kubuntu 25.10 minimal install doesnt put snaps on your system, a quick script later and I've got Firefox, Steam and Heroic official .deb files installed and running, then run this to make sure it never comes back:

sudo apt-mark hold snapd

The hate for snap on Linux forums always felt weird to me, I've literally never had issues with Firefox snap. I understand being frustrated with it on the principle that it feels Windows-y to force it on the system, but the Firefox snap is packaged by Mozilla and bundles the latest Mesa libraries instead of using the older libraries from the Debian repos that don't have the latest performance fixes, so its also faster than installing through .deb. And Mozilla has Debian repos for Firefox you can add to your sources.list if you really insist. There's also nothing preventing you from installing Flatpak and using that on Ubuntu.