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I use Ubuntu for my VMs, and Snaps never feel bad. Why are Snaps bad? At this point, I am only aware that "Snaps are bad" because people keep parroting that idea. Is there an empirical benchmark that compares the "speed" (whatever that is defined as) of a Snap app vs other packaging formats? If there is a claim to be made, there should be evidence supporting it.
If we're going by anecdotal data, then I have had fewer Snap issues than Flatpaks and Rpm. So technically, Snaps are superior, according to my experience. At that point, it becomes an anecdotal debate, which is meaningless.
for some people snaps work, for most they don't. If they work, we all good, but when they don't people will blame Linux for this issue. And that's just snaps there's a lot of shady bs Canonical is doing. Meanwhile we know Linux Mint's packages, for example, work well and rarely has anyone complained about them. There are some benchmarks but that isn't the main issue.