I did run into one odd issue soon after installation but was able to recreate it. This is what I did:
- I encrypted my filesystem as part of the installation
- Once I logged in, I did a “snap refresh”
- I also did an “apt autoremove”
- On the next reboot I was presented with a splash screen where it hung and then it went to a boot loader command prompt.
Everything was fine when I didn’t encrypt but I’m guessing if I didn’t do the autoremove I probably would have been ok. All that said, great job devs! Ubuntu Mate is, as far as I’m concerned, the best distro out there.