Snaps - A Good Way to Test the Latest Apps

Posted by eldersnake on Jun 19, 2016 8:17 AM EDT
The Linux Rain; By Andrew Powell 		Mail this story
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As of the latest Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release, the core program 'snapd' is included out of the box, allowing you to install 'Snaps' right away. Now, as one would expect, there is and will continue to be some controversy about the nature of a new software packaging system and it's potential uses in the future. I don't really wish to go too much into that, as there is plenty of discussions out there in the Linux side of the interwebs, other than the purpose of this article is to state that if nothing else, Snaps are a good way to test different versions (stable, bleeding edge etc) of software.

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