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I doubt it would work as a flatpack, Simply because it's needed to boot the system and run all the units it must start which would include flatpacks of some sort. I can't see a way you could keep it from be invasive even if it were a flatpack. I may be wrong.

Congratulation @barrcinti enjoy! :)

SystemD is becoming more of an invasive piece of software. I'm very Leary of allowing it to control my root/sudo access.

hi @darry1966 This page will tell you how to do that. Good luck. It been awhile since I use Xubuntu but that should work.

Hello @barrycinti, Welcome to the Linux.org forum. @Brickwizard has given you good advice. Make sure secure boot is turned off. This page may be of help also. It looks like your machine should work fine. installation guide

That's good news that snaps are not reinstalled on upgrade.

In case you have been using Neofetch, you may want to find an alternative.

I use Vivaldi 90% of the time. Based on Chrome. VPN Private Internet Access (PIA)

To add to what was said by @CaffeineAddict you said security any linux distro can be made quite secure you just have to add what you need. But unless you are very versed in Linux stay away from distros Like kali.

If you follow Clem's blog it should all be there when they decide. There may also be a post on the Liinux Mint forums under the announcements thread.

Hello @gillsman I posted the request for beta testers back on April 8th. https://linux.org/threads/mint-team-is-looking-for-beta-testers-for-new-cdn-delivery-system.49453/ Been using fastly repos in my mint installs ever since and it's worked fine here.

Hello @JKelly, Welcome to the Linux.org forum. Enjoy the journey! You may find this page helpful in your Linux journey.

I might add that before doing an upgrade you always need to disable any PPA's you may have in your apt.sources.list If you don't you will likely get conflicts. You can add them back after the upgrade is over. You may need to reinstall those programs after upgrading also. This blog maybe of...

Hello @ariellew, Welcome to the Linu.org forums, enjoy the journey! A good place to start learning Linux is here.

Firefox has been around from almost the Beginning of Linux, and it was open source. Something not every browser is. And it works pretty well with linux. This page may be of help in understanding it.