In the second half of October, I replaced Ubuntu 24.04 with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. This marked the end of my Ubuntu experience. Well, for the moment, at least, because you never know how tomorrow's going to be.
This decision was not made lightly. After several months using Ubuntu 24.04, I was happy with the system. I was even using GNOME after using KDE Plasma for most of the last few years, because I liked Ubuntu's default experience on that desktop environment and found it better than the default one.
I've been using Ubuntu daily for a few months. I was a bit afraid of having some major issue and having to try another distro before thinking about returning to Arch, but the balance is positive so far.
I admit there have been a few things that've annoyed me. Then again, I've had that on any OS I've used, so... yeah, computers... At least they're not printers, right?! 👀
Be careful with this. Don't remove old versions before ensuring the new package version works as expected.
How to list all the installed versions
LANG=C snap list --all | awk '/disabled/{print $1, $3}'
How to remove all the old versions in a batch
LANG=C snap list --all | awk '/disabled/{print $1, $3}' |
while read SnapName revision; do
sudo snap remove "$SnapName" --revision="$revision"
done
This can save you some disk space, but it can become a headache if you don't make sure the new snap package version is working well. Also, don't forget to read the fine manual.
A few tips for gaming on Ubuntu with the Steam snap, and my overall experience with the distro after a few days of usage
A few days ago, I switched from Arch Linux to Ubuntu. I've been thinking about starting to use a distro more focused on stability and less on having the latest everything. Ubuntu was already the operating system my wife and my father were using, mainly due to the Ubunto Pro free tier, so I decided to go with it, too, and make my life easier when giving them support.
Surprisingly, the default Ubuntu experience improved a lot since I last used it. When was it? Ten years ago? More? I can't recall, but I know it was a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, and I remember using Unity. I miss Unity.
