[ubuntu] snapd loop device

16.04.1 lts. Updates checked daily. By hand. I dont pay much attention to snapd since I use apt-get from CLI or Synaptic from the GUI.

Earlier this evening I was curious about system free space and opened Gnome disk utility. I found two instances of snapd running and mounted here, one

/var/lib/snapd/snaps/ubuntu-core_122.snap

taking up 68 MB and

/var/lib/snapd/snaps/alsa-utils_1.snap

taking up 4.6 Mb.

What are these loop devices and why are they both switched "on"? Sorry if I am a little behind on the latest on 16LTS but I dont much care to have additional things appear on the system. Granted this is through my ignorance and not paying proper attention-- I also understand the reasons for snapd ostensibly "dependencies" but apt get and Synaptic seem to work pretty good without the necessity of additional devices appearing mysteriously. Since I dont plan to use snapd what, shut them off, uninstall them or......

Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards

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[ubuntu] snapd loop device