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Following this question and comments I would like to know which Ubuntu-based distributions have stripped out all snap bits? I love Ubuntu's LTS stability but snaps are not suitable for me for a number of reasons.

Edit: I'm asking about official distributions.

B.Tanner
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    If this question is about anything other than the official Ubuntu flavours, I'd say it's offtopic here. – muru Dec 24 '21 at 09:03
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    I'm using UbuntuStudio 21.10 which has snapd installed by default, but in a fresh installation there is not a single snap installed, so you could simply run apt purge snapd. I'm not a great friend with snaps too, but it's nice to have the option to use a snap when needed... – mook765 Dec 24 '21 at 09:13
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    Please refer https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic, Ubuntu and official flavors of Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours) are on-topic on this site. The on-topic link provides alternate SE sites for non-Ubuntu OSes. All on-topic flavors of Ubuntu include snap infrastructure; but a number of them come with no snaps installed; eg. Lubuntu for one – guiverc Dec 24 '21 at 09:33
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    I have edited question to make it clear I am asking about official distributions. – B.Tanner Dec 24 '21 at 09:39
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    In that case, what do you mean by "stripped"? In all official flavours, I'd say installing Chromium, for example, would install the snap, since the apt package iirc is just a placeholder for the snap. – muru Dec 24 '21 at 10:39

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All official Ubuntu flavours are:

  • Kubuntu, 16.04+ snap preinstalled by default

  • Lubuntu, 18.10+ snap preinstalled by default

  • Ubuntu Kylin, no info, but I assume it is preinstalled by default.

  • Ubuntu MATE, snap preinstalled by default (thanks to @Andra from the comments)

  • Ubuntu Studio, no snap packages, but snap is preinstalled, (thanks to @mook765)

  • Xubuntu, 16.04+ snap preinstalled by default

Other non-official Ubuntu flavours like Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, GalliumOS does not have snap preinstalled.

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    Ubuntu Mate 20.04.3 - snap preinstalled by default, snaps=software-boutique, ubuntu-mate-welcome, core18 – Andra Dec 24 '21 at 11:11
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    All flavors have snap infrastructure installed; Ubuntu Studio was already mentioned in comments as coming with no snap packages; Ubuntu-MATE comes with snap packages as the Welcome app for example has been packaged as a snap for a number of releases now & all supported release (software-boutique is snap too) – guiverc Dec 24 '21 at 11:16
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Removing snap.

As mook765 commented, you can remove or purge snap.

if you don't want to use snap, simply purge it by running:

sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd

What you asked:

Is there any official flavour of Ubuntu that does not include snap by default?

As, Olimjon said in their answer, every official flavour of Ubuntu has snapd installed by default. Other distributions, which are based on Ubuntu eg: Pop OS!, Mint, etc., don't have snap installed by default. If you want to stick with Ubuntu and official flavours, then I recommend to purge snapd.

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