5 Linux productivity apps I depend on every day, and how to install them from Snap. In fact, some of these apps are only available via Snap, a great source for so much software that may not be available to install in your native package manager.
Snap packages make it possible to install applications on Linux that might not be available otherwise. And although Snap isn’t the Linux community’s favorite universal package format (that title belongs to Flatpak), I’ve found Snaps to be incredibly handy. In fact, I’ve been using Snap packages for quite some time, primarily because I find some of the productivity applications I use aren’t available in the .deb format.
Besides, I’ve always found the more the merrier on Linux. For a very long time, the Linux application landscape was rather limited in the productivity category. Thanks to universal packaging, that’s a thing of the past.
But which Snap applications do I believe can help boost your productivity on Linux? Of course, the answer to that question is always personal, simply because everyone’s idea of productivity differs. However, there are some needs we can all agree on.
I want to offer up five Snap apps that I’ve either been using for a very long time or have recently caught my attention. If you find this list doesn’t include what you’re looking for, you can always hop on over to the Snapcraft Store and search through the list of available apps.
With that said, let’s get to the apps.
