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Can I get someone's opinion on Snap? Is it worth paying attention to? My understanding is that it's a package manager that installs applications in their own i
by angryteabag 10y ago
Can I get someone's opinion on Snap? Is it worth paying attention to?
My understanding is that it's a package manager that installs applications in their own isolated Linux sandbox, meaning you can install/distribute them on any distribution.. right?
Does that mean software like node.js or nginx/apache will be available via Snap?
- dom2 10y agoI can't tell if you're joking but Snap is Snapchat. So not a package manager at all.
- niftich 10y agoI think you're confusing the company formerly known as Snapchat, now called 'Snap Inc.' with the 'Snappy' package manager (hosted out of 'snapcraft.io') which makes linuxy packages called 'snaps'. The two are unrelated.
- angryteabag 10y agoI am getting confused and you nailed it. I'm referring to Snappy
- krzyk 10y agoI also got confused (I was wondering "who is Snap, and why is he investing in Google"), Snap is not that popular at the news sites that I read (which is mostly Hacker News :), at least after their name change.