If only it could manage my snaps...
Are you talking about Snap packages? Mint dropped default support for Snap because Snap is not secure at all. But if you want to you can install Snap and then it will support Snap packages. I stopped using snap altogether. If I can’t get an app from the repository or as a Flatpak or appimage I don’t trust it.
“That sentiment came to a boil recently, when Clem said, “...in the Ubuntu 20.04 package base, the Chromium package is indeed empty and acting, without your consent, as a backdoor by connecting your computer to the Ubuntu Store.” In other words, Clem makes the claim that if you issue the command sudo apt-get install chromium -y, instead of it installing the .deb package, it instead installs the Chromium snap package. To this, Clem says, “Applications in this store cannot be patched, or pinned. You can’t audit them, hold them, modify them or even point snap to a different store. You’ve as much empowerment with this as if you were using proprietary software, i.e. none. This is in effect similar to a commercial proprietary solution, but with two major differences: It runs as root, and it installs itself without asking you.”
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Mint-Drops-Snap