Maybe Ubuntu should just rename itself to Snap.
this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
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Ouch, one of the many reasons I use Linux is to not have to debloat my OS when I install it because it shipped with features that are against my interest/enjoyment.
So now Ubuntu is the OS where "advanced users can just turn all that crap off".
So the kill switch is just the stand way to clean up Ubuntu? Nice!
What a coincidence. Snaps being garbage is the reason I quit using Ubuntu.
If I remove a snap and install a deb package, I should not have to do multiple workarounds to stop it from being replaced with the snap package automatically. The firefox snap doesn't work with a bunch of shit at all.
Oh good. I have already removed snaps...
... by uninstalling Ubuntu.
This means no AI on base Mint [Insert happy kids stock sound here]!
Seager explained in this morning's update while there won't be a "global kill switch" for AI features on Ubuntu, their plan is to deliver all the AI features via Snap packages. So removing AI features on Ubuntu will come down to removing Snaps.
IMHO opt-in means the snaps wouldn't even be on the system unless you had already opted in, but I was never going to use Ubuntu anyways so what does it matter.
it is, but it's initially opt-in; meaning the system won't have AI features, but once it does, you'll remove them by removing snaps
it's confusing because the paragraphs they talk about opt-in and removing snaps are different, but 26.10 won't ship with AI features in a fresh install.
I'm not using Ubuntu anymore, but just want to spit on Canonical.
at some point Ubuntu was the most popular distribution. and the fastest growing one.
what's the most popular one now?
I just use Debian with KDE Plasma. Way cleaner than Ubuntu.
Im Guessing mint
SteamOS
Arch btw