From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-29, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:15:07 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm not a fan of the current Ubuntu desktop. I don't like Gnome and I   
   >> especially don't like Snaps.   
   >   
   > Simple twist of fate: a couple of isos failed for whatever reason and the   
   > Ubuntu one worked on the Beelink SER4. I was sick of screwing around so   
   > Ubuntu it was.   
   >   
   > I still don't like it but it doesn't get in my way too often. Yesterday   
   > was an exception. I was playing around with geopandas. Assuming nybb is a   
   > set of shapefiles   
   >   
   > nybb.explore().show_in_browser()   
   >   
   > uses folium to export a file like folium_5a0tbao5.html  to /tmp and open   
   > it in the default browser. My default browser is Brave which is a snap.   
   >   
   > snaps are sandboxed and /tmp ain't in their allowed sandbox. folium is   
   > buried someplace in geopandas so good luck getting it to write to   
   > someplace in the sandbox.   
   >   
   > Also every damn snap is a mount. I'll run the Ubuntu box until it dies but   
   > I think OpenSUSE is next up.   
      
   I noticed that one time when I did a "df". That's when I decided every   
   single Snap was going away. (I had a couple of them installed at the time.)   
      
   They're also kind of a pain to get completely rid of. Flatpaks are superior   
   in my opinion.   
      
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