As of Canonical’s announcement, Snaps already work on Arch, Debian, and Fedora, as well as the Ubuntu-based Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu systems ...

Who would have thought that software packaging software would cause such a hubbub? But such is the case with snap. Developed by Canonical as a faster and easier way to get the latest versions of ...

Get a better snap package manager with this GNOME extension Your email has been sent If your desktop of choice is GNOME and you use snap packages, Jack Wallen believes this handy extension is a ...

When Canonical launched Ubuntu 16.04 in April, one of the biggest changes was support for a new way to install applications. But snaps aren’t just for Ubuntu anymore. Canonical has announced that it’s ...

Finding and installing software on Ubuntu Linux can be confusing at first. This guide will show you how to install, update, and remove any application you may need on your Ubuntu system! Ubuntu’s ...

How to install Snap packages on Ubuntu 16.04 Your email has been sent Snappy packages are all the rage. But what can you do with them? How can you install them? Jack ...

I'm a little put off by the title of the article. Snaps are "the easier way" if you're specifically running Ubuntu, not if you're running Linux in general. Ubuntu doesn't have the majority market ...

Snaps are securely sandboxed, and kept separate from other parts of your system, if you install and run them on Ubuntu’s new Mir display server. Mir is used by Unity 8, Ubuntu’s convergence-enabled ...

"Maintaining .deb packages in a private repository was complex and time consuming, snaps are much easier to maintain, package and distribute. Putting the snap in the store was particularly simple, ...