Gnome System Monitor is listed twice in Applications Overview. Using the Software center I determined one of them is a snap version, while the other isn't a snap. They appear to be identical in the applications Overview. Gnome Calculator is another example, and I'm sure there are more.
Can I remove the snap version and use the other one without any issues?
As the question clearly states: Why are two versions of software with identical names installed on Ubuntu 18.04? The suggested duplicate of this question does not answer the question.
By the way, the non-snap (apt version) of Gnome System Monitor is listed in the software Center twice, adding to the confusion, both listed as version 3.28.2-0Ubuntu1. Why is this happening?
Ubuntu release 18.04 new installation (not an upgrade).
Best Answer
Replacing some GNOME apps with Snaps is developers' decision to support modern glossy non-geek GNOME "functionality".
How to remove such snaps? Search them by
snap list
:and then remove them with for example
And then install regular package with for example
Some deb-packages could be installed into the system as dependencies of other packages . For example
gnome-system-monitor
is a dependency of the following packages:see corresponding man-pages for the syntax of used commands (
man apt-cache
andman aptitude
).