On Friday 26 April 2019 12:30:37 Uwe Brauer wrote:
>    > On Friday 26 April 2019 04:26:56 Uwe Brauer wrote:
>    >
>    > No, and I am sorry, but maybe this will not work for me. I run Devuan,
>    > so I can manage with Debian packages, but sometimes not Ubuntu. My
>    > apologies ...
>
> Ok I understand. I usually share you philosophy but sometimes are
> hypocrite enough to install non free software (if is as cool as mathpix,
> well I have to see how often I will use it)
>
>    > When I search these other snap packages (listed above), I get tons
>    > more that will be installed, and I certainly don't want them all. It
>    > is against my religion to run non-free or proprietary software,
>    > although now and then I bend the rules a little for testing purposes,
>    > to solve some temporary problem, or just because I am too curious.
>    >
>    > Maybe somebody else here can help you? somebody who runs Ubuntu and
>    > can install these packages?
>
> It seems that the problem I reported is not restricted to TDE, in XFCE
> it also does not work. So the mathpix guys did something very Ubuntu
> specific. sigh

Yeah, when I saw all those Ubuntu packages, I knew it was something like that. 
I gave up on all the 'Buntus a few years ago, although it was a good place to 
start and learn; but towards the end, it was becoming like Windoze Lite, and 
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get my system *not* to 
contact Ubuntu or others without my permission ... and if I wanted all 
that "help" without my permission, I would still be running Windoze. 

I am watching for the same thing to happen with Debian (like with the systemd 
controversy); so once again, I changed to Devuan. 

joining others in a big *** COLLECTIVE SIGH ***

Bill