[drnick1]

Just use Debian. It's just as easy to install and use nowadays, and does not come with bloatware/malware.

[ErroneousBosh]

Neither does Ubuntu.

[account42]

Don't know about now but it has in the past.

[NopIdoN]

snaps auto-update

[ErroneousBosh]

Yes, and?

[NopIdoN]

and "minimal" ubuntu install is like 12GB

[ErroneousBosh]

So? That's nothing.

A "minimal" Ubuntu 24.04 install is <quickly does df -h on a fresh install> around 2GB, so I'm not sure what you posted is correct or maybe just a typo.