@Sleepy,

Stereo Tool runs on Linux Mint too. Just download the Linux version from the Stereo Tool website, extract it, make it executable, and run it from the terminal.

Then configure your audio input/output and connect it to your AM transmitter audio chain. If there’s enough interest, I can put together a step-by-step Linux Mint setup guide.

Fair points all around.

Snap definitely isn’t everyone’s favorite, and for good reason. Flatpak and AppImage offer solid alternatives, and yeah, Mint choosing to avoid Snap is actually a plus for a lot of folks who want more control.

Totally agree about Synaptic too, it’s old but gold. Still one of the cleanest ways to manage packages without all the container overhead.

And yeah… Skype feels like it’s just coasting till the plug gets pulled. As for VS Code, I get the concerns, but it’s hard to deny how smooth and powerful it is, even if it comes from the big M.

VS Code too bad it is from M$. I don’t trust Mr. Bill and his merry band of data thieves.

“One of the things that put a damper on Mint was the lack of support for snap packages.”

Depends on your point of view. For many lack of support for snaps is big point in Mint’s favor.

“snap is a universal package manager”

One of at least three along with FlatPak and AppImage. Doesn’t seem like very universal. Very few distros, other than *buntus, seem to use it.

“Snap allows you to simplify the installation and management of software applications.”

Synaptic has been doing that for years for any distros that use .deb files, not just *buntus.