Snapcraft Reviews and details

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• Tools for Linux Distro Hoppers

  Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix. - Source: dev.to / 29 days ago

• Setting Up for Java on Linux.

  My personal favourite IDE for java is Intellej Idea. Apart from not demanding the extra extension, It was designed special for Java and Java related languages so it runs java smoothly with great compilation time. So lets install it. Make sure you have snap before installing it. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

• Why is Linux so hard and anti GUI?

  Linux Mints App Store is full of GUI programs, Snap Store ist full of it, Flathub is full of it. Source: 5 months ago

• This might seem dumb but where tf does snap put the actual files and stuff?

  You are being lazy. But I recommend bringing your ass directly to snapcraft.io and reading those documents in the Learn section!! Source: 5 months ago

• Flutter 3 on Devuan 4: Getting started

  Besides, there may be other ways to install them, although there doesn't seem no such Flatpak packages in Flathub. For example, some senerio to use some release channel or Docker / Podman. Additionally, when you use a different Linux distro where systemd is adopted and therefore can do Snaps (Snapd), you have another possibility. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Android Studio on Devuan 4: Install

  Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork of Debian without systemd and hence Snaps (Snapd). Even on it, it's easy to install Android Studio and start to develop Android mobile apps. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Problem with RDPing from Fedora

  I think that the problem itself was that previously I installed remmina via snap as recommended on snapcraft.io website. Source: 11 months ago

• Linux communities in a nutshell

  As my knowledge and linguistics are too limited to explain snaps in an understandable way I'll just recommend reading the wiki) / arch wiki or see if you can find something on thier website. Source: 12 months ago

• Newer Version of Transmission Available in DEB or SNAP Format?

  There's a search at https://snapcraft.io/ and in terminal with snap search command. Source: almost 1 year ago

• I need help choosing a distro please

  There are a lot of nuance and debates between snap vs flatpak as a method of getting applications, but as a new user, you should mainly concern yourself with what applications are available on snapcraft vs flathub (their "App Store"). If what you may use are available on both, I'd recommend try installing it with both flatpak and snaps to check which performs better. Source: about 1 year ago

• The Firefox snap: Updates and Upgrades

  Maybe you could start with https://snapcraft.io/. Source: about 1 year ago

• hate on snap?

  But at least the first 2 points are not really because of snap being snap....there is just too much trash on snapcraft.io. If the maintainer is alright/official I never had a problem... Source: about 1 year ago

• Transitioning from Windows for the first time

  Somethings aren't in the pop shop but you can use terminal to install snapd and then use terminal snap commands to install software, https://snapcraft.io is the website I used to find the instructions and what software I was looking for. Source: about 1 year ago

• I'm new and need help with apps.

  PS: Instead of flatpaks there's another package manager called Snaps. I would not personally recommend this but hey you have the option and it's all up to you to choose what you want! Source: about 1 year ago

• How to make software package available via terminal?

  I would be tempted to investigate building a snap. https://snapcraft.io/ has tutorials. Source: over 1 year ago

• First time using Linux. I got some questions.

  You'll have to reinstall the new version manually, most of the time. Though some programs will bundle an update system inside themselves, like Steam or Discord, for instance. But first, make sure there isn't already a way to install the software through your distro's repos, Snap, or Flatpak, for easier management. Source: over 1 year ago

• What Bottleneck?

  If you do look into it further and find an actual memory issue, they'd surely love to hear about it over at https://snapcraft.io/. Source: over 1 year ago

• is the software for the server of https://snapcraft.io/ closed or open source?

  Hello, I keep hearing different things from different people, some people are telling me that the reason people don't like snaps is because the software that runs the server for https://snapcraft.io/ is closed source and proprietary and that's why people don't like snaps. Source: over 1 year ago

• what are the advantages and disadvantages of snaps?

  Can you link me to the source code for https://snapcraft.io/? Source: over 1 year ago

• what are the advantages and disadvantages of snaps?

  The server for this website https://snapcraft.io/ is run off closed source proprietary software and people don't like that? Source: over 1 year ago

• Why isn't updating Snaps trivial?

  Then they go ahead and force Snaps on everyone, clearly before the solution is anywhere near the point where it delivers a good user experience. It makes no sense. Even worse is the fact that Canonical seems borderline delusional about the average user's experience with Snaps. This is a direct quote from a recent official blog post on snapcraft.io:. Source: over 1 year ago