Tag: snap
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Install Snap Apps in Linux Mint
Snap is Canonical’s universal package format for Linux. It lets developers build their software once for users on multiple Linux distributions to use. At least, that’s the theory. In reality, few Linux distributions outside of the Ubuntu ecosphere support Snap out of the box. Most carry the underlying Snap daemon package (snapd) in the repositories,…
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5 Productivity Apps on Snap
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…
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Canonical wants better Snap support outside Ubuntu
Snaps, the self-contained application packages that Ubuntu has long seen as a simpler app store and a potential solution to dependency hell, could be getting better support outside Ubuntu itself, based on one recent hire and potentially more. As spotted by the Phoronix blog, developer Zygmunt Krynicki, who worked at Ubuntu distributor Canonical from 2012…
