I read that, then I read all your other comments I have no idea of much of what your writing about, not a problelm though I can find out, time is a problem, it you know so much and this I dont understand, why are you having trouble with snaps. is it only choice? Now let me say this, I have no idea why there are so many ways to down load the same programs, when all I have to do is go to software manager and install, I do understand how to download from source using instructions, but not any where near as well as I would like, I have tried other distros, but keep coming back to Linux Mint Cinnamon, or staying with it for a while now, although getting some annoying problems with mouse and touch pad, and whole writings disappear before my eyes, this has happened before, so I take of the stuff/ files I need and do a clean install again, Thats why I was asking before about the best way to file transfer to a USB or off board hard drive. I have tried Debian and liked it, but I have to learn about loading with source code, synaptic packages are all good but then problems updating them using terminal, but that my problem so many ways to download the same things and yet all no clear way to just do it. No problem sudo apt get all that not a problem, Boy it takes some sorting out. NO clear up front no mistake way. If some book on just Debian and deb packages only, nothing else how to manage and down load .deb just that only.