I wish that I cold help you more Dan, but I'm a very far cry from being a *nix guru, I know just some basics, but that is all. I wish you the best luck in your Linux experience!
Ubuntu started using snap with the newest upgrade. It was and is a nightmare even to the more advanced linux users. Mint decided not to have snap in there new release. So it is different and maybe a bit faster. Anyway, will see how it goes. I can always go back to another distro or there is windows 10..yeah that...